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- Pronounced: ark-ee-OP-tuh-rix
- Name meaning: "Ancient Feather" or "Ancient Wing"
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- Diet: Carnivore
- Length: 2 feet
- Weight: Less than 1 pound
- Time period: 150-148 million years ago
- Fossils found in UK, Germany
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Archaeopteryx is a genus of flying, carnivorous dinosaur with feathers that covered its entire body. Although similar in appearance with modern-day birds, archaeopteryx possessed many features not found in any contemporary birds, including sharp teeth, three clawed fingers, a bony tail, and hyper-extensible middle toesNational Geographic News: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1201_051201_archaeopteryx_2.html Earliest Bird Had Feet Like Dinosaur, Fossil Shows] (December 1, 2005)
Excavated Specimens
- 1855: First specimen discovered, mistakenly classified as a Pterodactylus crassipes. Corrected in 1875 and known as the Haarlem or Teyler Specimen
- 1860: Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer excavates fossilized remains of a single feather
- 1861: Headless skeleton excavated, placed in the Natural History Museum and named the London Specimen.
- 1876-1877: Full skeleton, including skull, excavated and named the Berlin Specimen.
- 1956-1958: Torso recovered, and is still kept in a private collection. Known as the Maxberg Specimen.
- 1951-1955: Much smaller specimen excavated. Has the most complete head of all currently-known archaeopterix fossils. Known as the Eichstätt Specimen.
- 1960s: Mistakenly classified by an amateur paleontologist as a compsognathus specimen. Later re-examined and properly classfied. Known as the Solnhofen Specimen
- 1992: Specimen classified as Archaeopteryx bavarica. Smaller in size than other fossils. Known as the Munich Specimen.
- 1997: An incomplete specimen was excavated and named the Bürgermeister-Müller Specimen.
- 2005: A complete specimen with well-preserved head and feet was donated to the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Named the Thermopolis Specimen. DinosaursPark.com: The Dictionary of Dinosaurs - Archaeopteryx
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Could be quite windy outside. A bird just flew past the window. It was archaeopteryx.
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Ancient Wing - A Haiku by Shammu: Archaeopteryx... / Bird with lizard's teeth and tail, / My, how you have changed!
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