Archaeopteryx
Jurassic Period Carnivore Creature Type
Archaeopteryx lithographica
Scientific Name: "Ancient wings"
Local Name: Ancestral bird
πJurassic Period
π₯©Carnivore
Physical Characteristics
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Size0.3~0.5m
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Weight0.5~1kg
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Height0.25m
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Wingspan0.7m
Discovery
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Discovery Year1861Year
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DiscovererHermann von Meyer
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Discovery LocationBavaria, Germany
'The ancestral bird (Archaeopteryx) is a primitive bird or dinosaur-avian transitional creature that lived in Europe during the Late Jurassic period (about 150 million years ago). It was discovered in 1861, two years after the publication of Darwin's ''Origin of Species
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ArchaeopteryxArchaeopteryx Β· Jurassic Period Β· Carnivore
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