Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al. 2019 (Ancient bird)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: M. Kundrát, J. Nudds, and B. P. Kear, J., and P. Ahlberg. 2019. The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany. Historical Biology 31(1):3-63

Belongs to Archaeopteryx according to M. Kundrát et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Archaeopteryx lithographica, Jurapteryx recurva

Type specimen: SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Daiting (BSPG collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: volant piscivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daiting (BSPG collection)

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