Both were among the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs: Compsognathus ~1 m / ~3 kg; Microraptor ~0.8 m / ~1 kg.
Microraptor had four wings and could glide; Compsognathus was a flightless ground predator.
Compsognathus lived in Late Jurassic Europe; Microraptor in Early Cretaceous China.
Compsognathus's stomach contents (a lizard) preserve direct evidence of its diet; Microraptor's stomach shows fish and birds.
Microraptor belongs to Dromaeosauridae (raptor lineage); Compsognathus belongs to Compsognathidae, a separate small-theropod family.
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Compsognathus weighed roughly 3x more than Microraptor.
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Both Compsognathus and Microraptor were carnivores.
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Compsognathus lived during the Jurassic Late while Microraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.
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Compsognathus was discovered 144 years earlier, in 1859.
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Compsognathus belonged to Theropoda while Microraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.
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