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Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi (Ancient bird)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi was named by Kundrát et al. (2019). Its type specimen is SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daiting (BSPG collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
genusArchaeopteryx
speciesalbersdoerferi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al. 2019 [Ancient bird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
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: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Diet 2: insectivoreg
Reproduction: oviparousg
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-01 15:05:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:14:03
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Thulborn and Hamley 1985, Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi (type locality: 132062)