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Procompsognathus

genus of Triassic theropods
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131446
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Summary

Procompsognathus is a fossil taxon[1]. Procompsognathus ranks in the top 2% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,223 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Coelophysidae[4]
  • Location of discovery: Germany[5]
  • Taxon name: Procompsognathus[6]
  • Part of: Benton Classification[7]
  • Commons category: Procompsognathus[8]
  • Main food source: carnivore[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Pterospondylus[10]
  • Taxon common name: プロコンプソグナトゥス[11]
  • Length: 1.0 m[12]
  • Time period: Late Triassic[13]
  • Taxon author citation: Fraas, 1913[14]

Body

Identifiers

Procompsognathus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52571677[15]. Procompsognathus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822865[16].

Why It Matters

Procompsognathus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Procompsognathus is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Germany Saint-Cyprien

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxon synonym → Pterospondylus
    Part of → Benton Classification
    Time period → Late Triassic
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Fraas, 1913, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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