Pterospondylus
Pterospondylus trielbae
Pronounced: tear
- o - Spon - dye - luss
Diet:
Carnivore(meat-eater)
Name Means: "Wing
Vertebrae"
Length: 6 ft.(2
meters)
Height: 3 ft.(1
meters)
Weight: unknown
Time: Late
Triassic - 210 million years ago
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found
in Europe
Scientists think that early dinosaurs
were probably swift runners, but the only
fossil of Pterospondylus was discovered in
the stomach of a prehistoric turtle! Of
course, the little dinosaur could have
already been dead when the turtle took a
bite from it. Since only one bone has ever
been found of this dinosaur, it is hard to
say exactly what it looked like, but most
scientists feel it was similar to ProCompsognathus
only twice as big. That would have made it a
quick meat-eater with a pretty long neck and
slender head full of small, sharp teeth.
Founded upon a single vertebra, Pterospondylus is
considered by some scientists to be a large
Procompsognathus, possibly a new species. |
