Species: lithographica MEYER, 1861
Etymology:
= Archaeopteryx oweni PETRONIEVICS, 1917

Holotype: BSPHGM

Locality: Kohler’s cut in community quarry of the community of Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solonhofen, Lithographic limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: A feather.

Note: Part is at Berlin, the counterpart is in Munich.

Referred material:

HELLER, 1959 (Maxberg specimen)

Locality: Optisch’s quarry in Langenaltheim region of Bavaria, Langenaltheimer Haardt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen, Lower Upper Lithographic Limestone, Malm Zeta 2b.

Biostratigraphy: Hybonoticeras hybonotum zone.

Age: Middle Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Maxberg Museum: Cervical, dorsal vertebrae, furcula, left and right humeri, left and right ulna and radii, left and right metacarpals I, II and III, phalanges and unguals, scapula, femur, tibia, fibula, tarsometatarsus, ribs and feather impressions.

 

 

(Archaeopteryx no. 9) ROEPER, 2004

Locality: Solenhofen, Bavaria (Bayern) State, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Wing and feather impressions?

Bürgermeister-Müller-Museum

MEYER, 1861 (London Specimen)
= Archaeopteryx lithographica (Von MEYER)
= Griphosaurus problematicus WAGNER, 1861
= Archaeopteryx macurua OWEN, 1862
= Griphosaurus longicaudatus OWEN, 1862
= Griphosaurus longicaudatum OWEN, 1862 (sic)
= Gryphornis lagicaudatus (OWEN, 1862)
= Archaeopteryx macrurus OWEN, 1863 (sic)
= Archaeopteryx macroura VOGT, 1879 (sic)
Etymology:

Holotype: BMNH 37001

Locality: Langenaltheim Haardt (former Ottmann Quarry), near Pappenheim, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: 3.5 m below the upper surface of the Sieben-Lumpen-Schicht, Solnhofen, Lower Upper Lithographic Limestone, Malm Zeta 2b.

Biostratigraphy: Hybonoticeras hybonotum zone.

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and skeleton with feather impressions, lacking right pes, and some of the manus.

Casts

BRUNER, 1991

FMNH P25022: Cast of Holotype before preparation.

FMNH PA 308: Cast of Holotype after preparation.

OSTROM, 1970 (Teyler or Haarlem specimen)

= Pterodactylus crassipes MEYER, 1857 (nomen oblitum)
Etymology:
= Archaeopteryx crassipes (MEYER, 1857) (nomen oblitum)
= Rhamphorhynchus crassipes (MEYER, 1857) (nomen oblitum)
= Scaphognathus crassipes (MEYER, 1857) (nomen oblitum)

Holotype: Teyler Museum, part and counterpart 6928 and 6929.

Locality: Quarry at Jachenhausen near the city of Kelheim, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Upper Lithographic Limestone, Middle Solnhofen, Malm Zeta 2b,

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Impressions of the distal end of a right radius, right ulna, left radius, left ulna, left phalanges, right metacarpals I, II, III, phalanges and unguals showing sheath, gastrallia, distal end of left femur, distal end of left pubis, portion of right pubis, proximal end of left tibia, left fibula, impressions of metacarpals, phalanges and unguals, and feather impressions.

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Species: siemensii (DAMES, 1987) ELZANOWSKI, 2002
Etymology:
= Archaeopteryx siemensii DAMES, 1897 (Berlin specimen)
= Archaeornis siemensii (DAMES, 1897) PETERONIEVICS vide PETRONIEVICS & WOODWARD, 1917

Holotype: PAMNHUB MB 1880/81.4598

Locality: Dorr cut, Dorr’s quarry at Blumberg just outside of the city of Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Upper Lithographic Limestone, Solnhofen, Malm Zeta 2b,

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull, skeleton and feather impressions.

Counter part: PAMNHUB MB 1880/81.4599

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Species: vicensis (Anonymous) vide LAMBRECHT, 1933 (nomen dubium)
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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Note: The above species may be a pterosaur according to O. KLEINSCHMIDT (BRODKORB, 1978)

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Species: bavarica WELLNHOFER, 1993
Etymology: bavarica Latin for Bayerisch.

Holotype: Private collection

Locality: Limestone quarries of the Langenaltheimer Haarddt (quarry of Solenhofer Aktien-Verein), 11 m above the upper surface of the Sieben-Lumpen-Schicht, Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Upper Lithographic Limestone, Upper Solnhofen, Malm Zeta 2b,

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull, skeleton and feathers.