# Archaeopteryx (Archaeopteryx lithographica) — DinoLand

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### id=18: Archaeopteryx (Archaeopteryx lithographica)

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- Diet: Flying
- Era: Jurassic
- Period: 150 million years ago
- Length: 0,5 m
- Weight: ≈0,5–1 кг
- Height: 0,3 m
- Speed: планирование
- Habitat: Arid carbonate lagoons dotted with forested islands
- Region: Germany (Bavaria)
- Discovered: 1861, Solnhofen limestone quarries

Fact: “Feathers and teeth—iconic mosaic of dinosaur and bird anatomy.”

Description: Archaeopteryx from the Solnhofen Plattenkalks documents the earliest suite of unequivocal flight feathers alongside a dinosaurian tail, clawed wings, and toothed jaws. This combination anchors avian flight evolution within Maniraptora and provides calibration for miniaturization along the avian stem lineage. The fine-grained lithographic limestones preserve delicate imprints rarely duplicated elsewhere.

Features:
  - Flight feathers exhibit asymmetry analogous to modern birds
  - Manual unguals retain climbing adaptations
  - Roughly a dozen specimens constitute the entire hypodigm

Related genera: Microraptor, Anchiornis, Sinornis


## Citation

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