Few lines on Compsognathus- Dinosaur

Appearance:

• The Compsognathus had a small, pointed head with a tapered snout and big, sharp teeth.
• It had small arms with clawed fingers and long, thin, hind legs with three toed feet and a tail longer than its body.
• The Compsognathus used its tail to help balance while running.
• The Compsognathus had hollow bones like birds. 
• Scientists believed that Compsognathus are the closest relatives of the ancient bird, Archaeopteryx.

Food Habits:

• They were the smallest meat eating dinosaurs.
• Scientists know this because they have found remains of lizards, small animals, and insects inside their skeletons.

Other information:

• They were bipedal dinosaurs who were swift runners.
• They lived in Bavaria, Germany and France during the late Jurassic Period about 150million years ago.
• The Compsognathus was one of the smallest dinosaurs that ever lived, being only almost the size of a chicken.
• They were around half a meter long, 30centimetres tall and weighed only 4.5kilograms.

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