Genus: Compsognathus WAGNER, 1861
Etymology: Greek, kompsos “elegant [delicate, adorned]”, and Greek, gnathus, jaw; elegant jaw.

Species: longipes WAGNER, 1861
Etymology:

Holotype: IPHG ASI 563 (BSP 1563)

Locality: Jachenhausen? Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lithographic, Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Note: Partial skeleton of the lizard Bavarisaurus cf. macrodactylus found in stomach area.

Note: Remains of 10 or more small eggs found in body cavity of type.
Note: Ostrom (1978) "A striated or linear pattern does occur proximally at the lower edge of the ischium, and also between the right radius and ulna. In both of these sites, the striations are parallel to the adjacent
bone edges. There also appears to be a very faint lineation along the dorsal region of the proximal caudals close to the tip of the right dentary. Nopsca's "fibers" may well represent impressions of soft tissues." Or possible feather impressions?

= Compsognathus corallestris BIDAR, DEMAY & THOMEL, 1972
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: <<Petit Plan>>, Canjuers, Var Department, France.

Horizon: Portlandian Lithographic limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian? Or Kimmeridgian Stage? Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

Note: Has impressions of the gastrointestinal remnants. Also disparate sizes of cervical, dorsal vertebrae as well as scattered placement of a coracoid and pelvic elements among the gastric contents suggets multiple individuals within the gastric area (possibly belonging to sphenodontids or lizards) (PEYER, 2006).