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Dinosaur: Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi
| Length*: | 36 cm | 1.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.13 kg | 0 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Early Tithonian
Years: 149.2–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kundrát et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Germany
Region: Bavaria
Formation: Mörnsheim
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with incomplete skull.
References: Kundrát, M., Nudds, N., Kear, B.P., Lü, J. & Ahlberg, P. (2019). "The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany".
