thecoffeeisblack: Final for my illustration of Compsognathus longipes attempting to seize the day al
thecoffeeisblack: Final for my illustration of Compsognathus longipes attempting to seize the day along with a little Anurognathus ammoni for it’s lunch. Both animals lived roughly 150.8 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period in what would eventually become the Solnhofen Limestone Formation in Bavaria. When they were alive the area was dotted with lagoons separated from the ocean by reefs. There were many other species of fish, pterosaurs, icthyosaurs, and dinosaurs. One of the more famous dinosaurs in the area was Archaeopoteryx lithographica, it’s fossils later found in the limestone that now remains. Compsognathus was one of the more common theropod dinosaurs discovered in the area, though it measured only about a meter in length and wouldn’t have posed much of a threat to the larger animals inhabiting the area, but it would have been the perfect size to go after the tiny pterosaur known as Anurognathus, itself only measuring a little over a foot from wing-tip to wing-tip. Both animals had huge eyes for their size, most and were most likely more active at night, and while Anurognathus was likely a fast flyer, Compsognathus is thought to have also been very quick on it’s feet, able to easily catch up with anything foolish enough to have dropped down to ground level. -- source link
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