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Compsognathus

A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body and remarkable for having several birdlike features It reached a length of 30 inches when adult...

An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles mostly of large size whence the name Notwithstanding their size they present birdlike characters in the skeleton esp in the pelvis and hind limbs Some walked on their three toed hind feet thus producing the large ldquobird tracksrdquo so called of mesozoic sandstones others were five toed and quadrupedal See Illust of Compsognathus also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix...

VerbarSauria

A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia Crocodilia Dinosauria and other groups By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia...

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