Dinosaur: Archaeopteryx lithographica
| Length*: | 53 cm | 1.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.42 kg | 1 lb |
| Speed: | 27 km/h | 17 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Early Tithonian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Meyer
Year: 1861
Area: Europe
Country: Germany
Region: Bavaria
Formation: Solnhofen
Other
Material: At least over a dozen individuals.
References: Mayr, Gerald; Pohl, Burkhard; Hartman, Scott; Peters, D. Stefan (2007). "The tenth skeletal specimen of Archaeopteryx". Rauhut, O.W.M., Foth, C, Tischlinger. H. (2018). “The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria”. Kaye, T.G., Pittman, M. & Wahl, W.R. (2020). Archaeopteryx feather sheaths reveal sequential center-out flight-related molting strategy.
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