[D] Archaeopteryx lithographica [~/~]
Describer
von Meyer, 1861
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Archaeopterygidae
Fossilsite
Solnhofen Formation, Germany
Length
0.6 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Archaeopteryx lithographica (Von Meyer, 1861) > Archaeopteryx bavarica (Wellnhofer, 1993)
[Archeaopteryx = Archaeornis (Pietronievics vide Pietronievics & Woodward, 1917); Griphosaurus (Wagner, 1861) Jurapteryx (Howgate, 1985)]
A.lithographica (von Meyer, 1861) = Pterodactlus crassipes (von Meyer, 1857); Archaeopteryx crassipes (von Meyer, 1857); Rhamphorhynchus crassipes (von Meyer, 1857); Scaphognathus crassipes (von Meyer, 1857); Griphosaurus problematicus (Woodward, 1862); Griphosaurus longicaudatus (Woodward, 1862); Archeaopteryx macrura (Owen, 1862); Archeaopteryx siemensii (Dames, 1897); Archeaornis siemensi (Dames, 1897); Archeaopteryx oweni (Pietronievics, 1921); Archeaopteryx recurva (Howgate, 1984); Jurapteryx recurva (Howgate, 1985)
Owen, R. (1863) On the Archaeopteryx von Meyer, with a description of the fossil remains of a long-tailed species from the lithographic stone of Solnhofen. Phil. Trans. 153: 33-47; London [First description of the \\\"London specimen\\\" housed in the Natural History Museum]
Dames, W. (1884) Ueber Archaeopteryx Palaeontologische Abhandlungen, 2 (3): 119-198; Berlin [Description of the \\\"Berlin specimen\\\" in the Naturkundemuseum of Humbolt University, Berlin]
Heller, F. (1959) Ein dritter Archaeopteryx Fund aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken von Langenaltheim/Mfr. Erlanger Geologische Abhandlungen, 31: 1-25; Erlangen [Description of the \\\"Maxberg specimen\\\" (private collection)]
Wellnhofer, P. (1974) Das fünfte Skelettexemplar von Archaeopteryx. Palaeontographica Abt. A Vol. 147 S.~168-216, 4~Taf., 13~Abb., 2~Tab.Stuttgart [Description of the \\\"Eichstatt specimen\\\" in the Jura Museum in Eichstatt, Bavaria
Wellnhofer, P. (1988) Ein neues Exemplar von Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx 6: 1-30 [Eichstatt description of the \\\"Solnhofen specimen\\\" in the BÚrgemeister Müller Museum in Solnhofen.
Meyer H. von (1859/1860): Zur Fauna der Vorwelt. Vierte Abt.: Reptilien aus dem lithographischen Schiefer des Jura in Deutschland und Frankreich. 1-84(1859), 85-144(1860), Frankfurt [Description of Pterodactylus crassipes, later to be recognized as Archaeopteryx, the \\\"Haarlem specimen\\\" by J.H Ostrom
Ostrom, J.H. (1972) Description of the Archaeopteryx specimen in the Teyler Museum, Haarlem. Proceedings of the Koninlijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen B, 75: 289-305; Amsterdam [Description of the \\\"Haarlem specimen\\\"]