Compsognathus longipes (anglicized as: compsognato) is the only known species of the extinct genus Compsognathus, a group of theropod dinosaurs belonging to the order Compsognathidae, which lived at the end of the Jurassic period approximately 150 million years ago, during the Tithonian age, in what is now Europe.

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This work is part of a collection of models based on the artwork of Brasílio Matsumoto, a Brazilian artist who illustrated the Chocolate Surprise Album, Dinosaurs, in 1993. To our current knowledge, the material is not scientifically accurate, as it is a work that is over 30 years old! But some of the artwork is impressively current. Even the artwork that hasn't aged so well maintains a unique artistic beauty! The animals seem to breathe, move, socialize, explore that world. They seem alive!I had this album as a child and even bought it for my daughter as an adult. But I had lost mine, and recently I discovered a digital archive with the Album! I decided to create the 3D models for myself and for use with my students in my classes (I teach 9/10 year old children). But the material turned out so well that I decided to make it public! I printed some models on an FDM printer; I don't have a resin printer, but I'm sure they would look beautiful in this material and painted! The files are in OBJ (ready for printing) and GLB for use in augmented reality.I have no contact with the artist of the original images. But I commit to equally sharing the royalties from any sale. The link to the PDF album is: https://archive.org/details/nestle-surpresa-albuns/1993%20-%20Dinossauros.pdf