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Holotype

BSPG AS I 563

Compsognathus longipes

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Facts

Catalog number
BSPG AS I 563
Institution
Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG)
Year found
Not recorded
Found by
Joseph Oberndorfer
Locality
Riedenburg-Kelheim area, Bavaria
Formation
Painten Formation

Images

Replica of the Compsognathus longipes holotype from the Solnhofen limestone, at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe.Image credit: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde KarlsruheCC BY-SA 3.0 (unmodified)Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: BSPG AS I 563

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: BSPG AS I 563
RegionState
SkullPreserved
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraePreserved
Dorsal vertebraePreserved
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraePreserved
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Partial · The number of fingers has been debated.
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurPreserved
Tibia / fibulaPreserved
Foot (pes)Preserved

Excavation history

A nearly complete articulated skeleton on a limestone slab, acquired by the collector Joseph Oberndorfer in the 1850s and described by Wagner; a lizard skeleton lies in its rib cage.

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