Archaeopteryx

English: Archaeopteryx ("Ancient wing") is a famous fossil of a feathered creature from Lagerstätten, Germany. It is said to have lived in the Late Jurassic, about 150 MyA. Although similar to modern birds, Archaeopteryx had a relatively long, bony tail and small teeth. It has for a long time been regarded as the oldest known bird, and a 'missing link' between reptiles (especially dinosaurs) and birds. However, modern research classifies it as a relative of birds and is put at the base of the clade Avialae.

日本語: 始祖鳥

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fossils

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  Fossil feather
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  Berlin specimen.
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  Berlin specimen (1880).
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  London specimen.
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  Thermopolis specimen
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  Replica of the lost Maxberg specimen
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  Haarlem specimen
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  Eichstätt specimen
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  Solenhofen specimen
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  Munich specimen
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  Daiting specimen
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  "Chicken Wing" fragmentary fossil

Restorations

Models

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  Model at Oxford University Museum.
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  An outdated model from muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève.
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  CGI model based on modern studies

Drawings

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  Old & outdated restoration.
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  Vintage restoration by Heinrich Harder, 1906.
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  Arrangement of tail feathers.
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  Size of known specimens, compared to a human.
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  Modern restoration
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  Illustration of Archaeopteryx chasing a juvenile Compsognathus