Talk:Procompsognathus
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Plural, even... --Wetman 7 July 2005 23:36 (UTC)
In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Robert Burke clearly identifies the compies as "Procompsognathus triassicus". I don't know where all this thing about them being the "Compsognathus" species came from. 193.2.73.150 07:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- It sounded like Compsognathus triassicus to me. The producers probably couldn't decide which it was so they combined them.Dinoguy2 17:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Smudge on a rock
Was it Procompsognathus that was described as a "smudge on a rock"? Does anybody know where that might have come from? John.Conway 10:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- A quick Google search turns this up [1], and it's related to dinosaurs, so maybe? Though, from what I've read of Procompie's preservation, "smudge on a rock" might be a good description...Dinoguy2 15:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Procompsognathus called "Compys"?
Was it actually Procompsognathus which were called "Compys"? This is what it currently states in our article, but it just seems more likely to me that they were Compsognathus, as one would naturally expect a shortened version of the name to be something like "Procompys" (or something similar). Anyone have the book or movie handy?--Firsfron of Ronchester 03:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Just checked--they are called compys in both the book and the movie. However if I heard right, the animal in The Lost World movie is "Compsognathus triassicus", I guess some kind of bizarre hybrid name compromise...Dinoguy2 15:07, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- "C. triassicus", hmmm? Alrighty then... Thanks for checking. --Firsfron of Ronchester 18:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] redirect
I've fixed the redirects, so that no articles link to procomposaginids anymore.CynicalMe 08:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Good work. Have a donkey! Spawn Man 06:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re-assessment of Procompsognathus
Carrano et. al. (2005) demonstrated that Procompsognathus is a relative of Segisaurus.
M.T. Carrano, J.R. Hutchinson, S.D. Sampson. 2005. New information on Segisaurus halli, a small theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:835-849.
[edit] Jurrasic Park
Would a gropu of 'compies' really attack a larger animal in groups as is seen Jurraisc Park?Nothing to do with the article just wondering. Dermo69
- Nobody knows, though there is zero evidence that either Procompsognathus (or its distant relative Compsognathus for that matter) lived in any kind of groups at all, so there's no good reason to suppose they hunted in groups.Dinoguy2 01:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Skull of Procompsognathus
Sereno and Wild (1992) demonstrated the skull of Procompsognathus to be from Saltoposuchus, a sphenosuchian crocodylomorph. However, Chatterjee (1993, 1998) re-prepared the skull of Procompsognathus and concluded that it is actually from the same animal as the Procompsognathus skeleton.
Sereno, P. C. and Wild, R. 1992. Procompsognathus: theropod, "thecodont", or both? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12, 435-458.
Chatterjee, S. 1993. Procompsognathus from the Triassic of Germany is not a crocodylomorph. Abstract, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13(3): 29A.
Chatterjee, S. 1998. Reassessment of Procompsognathus skull. Abstract, DinoFest International Symposium, Academy of Natural Sciences, p. 6. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 (talk) 00:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC).
