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Archaeopteryx

RankNameAuthor
kingdomMetazoaHaeckel 1874
EumetazoaButschli 1910
TriploblasticaLankester 1877
NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataBalfour 1880
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
GnathostomataZittel 1879
classOsteichthyesHuxley 1880
SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subphylumTetrapodaGoodrich 1930
superclassAmniotaHaeckel 1866
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassDiapsidaOsborn 1903
NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
infraclassArchosauromorphaHuene 1946
superorderArchosauriaCope 1869
suborderOrnithosuchiaHuene 1908
OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
orderDinosauriaOwen 1842
orderSaurischiaSeeley 1888
orderTheropodaMarsh 1881
NeotheropodaBakker 1986
TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
ManiraptoriformesHoltz and Padian 1995
ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
ParavesSereno 1997
EumaniraptoraPadian et al. 1999
AvialaeGauthier 1986
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
PalaeoavesLivezey and Zusi 2007
subclassArchaeornithesGadow 1893
orderArchaeopterygiformesFurbringer 1888
familyArchaeopterygidaeHuxley 1872
genusArchaeopteryxvon Meyer 1861

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YearName and author
1861Griphosaurus Wagner
1861Archaeopteryx von Meyer
1864Archeopteryx Owen p. 33
1880Archaeopteryx Marsh p. 187
1917Archaeornis Petronievics
1927Archaeopteryx Petronievics p. 18
1927Archaeornis Petronievics p. 18
1985Archaeopteryx Charig p. 27
1985Archaeopteryx Gauthier and Padian p. 190 fig. 2
1985Jurapteryx Howgate p. 111
1986Archaeopteryx Gauthier p. 1108
1988Archaeopteryx Carroll
1988Archaeopteryx Paul p. 352
1989Archaeopteryx Gauthier et al. p. 348
1993Archaeopteryx Perle et al. p. 623
1994Archaeopteryx Holtz, Jr.
1997Archaeopteryx Ji and Ji p. 41 fig. 3
1997Archaeopteryx Sereno p. 444
1998Archaeopteryx Sereno p. 65
1999Archaeopteryx Sereno p. 2139 fig. 2
2000Archaeopteryx Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5
2001Wellnhoferia Elzanowski pp. 520-522 figs. 1-2
2002Archaeopteryx Maryanska et al. p. 101 fig. 1
2003Archaeopteryx Rauhut p. 23
2004Archaeopteryx Padian p. 211
2004Wellnhoferia Padian p. 211
2007Archaeopteryx Chatterjee and Templin p. 1577 fig. 4
2007Archaeopteryx Mayr et al. p. 100
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available

Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: coastalg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: piscivoreg
Diet 2: insectivoreg
Reproduction: oviparousg
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-01 15:05:59
Modified: 20050901150559
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Thulborn and Hamley 1985
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Age range

Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.8 to 145.5 Ma

Collections

(6 total)

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian150.8 - 145.5Germany (Bayern) A. lithographica (53036 53037) A. siemensii (53034) Compsognathus sp. (53039) Pterodactylus crassipes (53038)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.5Germany (Bayern) Compsognathus sp. (55995)
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