Jurapteryx recurva Howgate 1984 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combination: Archaeopteryx recurva

Full reference: M. E. Howgate. 1984. The teeth of Archaeopteryx and a reinterpretation of the Eichstätt specimen. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 82:159-175

Belongs to Jurapteryx according to M. E. Howgate 1985

See also Howgate 1984, Padian 2004, Paul 1988 and Senter and Robins 2003

Sister taxa: Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi, Archaeopteryx lithographica

Type specimen: JM 2257, a skeleton (complete skeleton). Its type locality is Workerszell, Eichstätt, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Altmühltal Formation of Germany.

Ecology: volant piscivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Workerszell, Eichstätt

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