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Reproduction
Object Category
cast
Common Name
Compsognathus
Description
Cast of complete specimen on slate possibly taken from the type specimen directly. This cast is framed in a glass-topped wooden case.
Binomial Name
Compsognathus longipes
Collector
Oberndorfer
Publications
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series, http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2015/04/13/specimen-of-the-week-week-183/
Production Period
(circa) Jurassic
Production Notes
This specimen and X420 are alleged to have been direct casts of the original specimens taken when the types were on loan to Birkbeck College London. This information remains to be confirmed.
Accession Number
LDUCZ-X418
Alternative Number
5910, BSP AS I 563
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology