Species
Valid Extinct

Archaeopteryx lithographica

Meyer 1861

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Piscivore, insectivore Volant Coastal
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Avialae Unranked clade
Archaeopteryx Genus
Archaeopteryx lithographica Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
6
Geological formations
Altmühltal
4
Solnhofen
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Synonyms (7)
Archaeopteryx bavarica subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Archaeopteryx macrura subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Archaeopteryx oweni subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Archaeornis siemensii subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Griphosaurus problematicus subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Pterodactylus crassipes subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Wellnhoferia grandis subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Bibliography
Original description
H. v. Meyer. 1861. [Die Feder von Solenhofen] [The feather of Solnhofen]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1861:678-679
Bibliography (6)
P. Wellnhofer and M. Röper. 2005. The ninth specimen of Archaeopteryx from Solnhofen. 4th International Symposium on Lithographic Limestone and Plattenkalk, Eichstätt. Zitteliana B26:28-29
A. Elzanowski. 2001. A new genus and species for the largest specimen of Archaeopteryx. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(4):519-532
J. H. Ostrom. 1972. Description of the Archaeopteryx specimen in the Teyler Museum, Haarlem. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen – Amsterdam, Proceedings Series B 75(4):289-305
W. Dames. 1897. Über Brustbein, Schulter- und Beckengürtel der Archaeopteryx [On the breastbone, shoulder- and pelvic-girdle of Archaeopteryx]. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1897(2):818-834
R. Owen. 1862. On the fossil remains of a long-tailed bird (Archeopteryx macrurus, Ow) from the Lithographic Slate of Solenhofen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 12:272-273
H. v. Meyer. 1857. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss fossiler Reptilien [Contributions to the detailed knowledge of fossil reptiles]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1857:532-543