Compsognathinae indet. SMNK 2349 Pal

Age .?Albian.

Occurrence. Santana Formation, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Remarks. The specimen SMNK 2349 Pal represents a three-dimensionally preserved partial skeleton, including dorsal and sacral vertebrae, most of the pelvis and parts of the hindlimb, of a generically and specifically indeterminate small theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Martill et al. 2000). The pelvis and dorsal vertebrae show great similarities to those of Compsognathus, suggesting that SMNK 2349 Pal represents a closely related taxon. Since all other closely related species are so far only known from compressed, rather two-dimensionally preserved lithographic limestone specimens (Wagner 1861; Bidar et al. 1972; Chen et al. 1998), SMNK 2349 Pal might provide important additional anatomical information for these animals, and thus it is included as a separate OTU in this analysis.