Archaeopteryx bavarica

Bavarian Ancient Wing

Archaeopteryx bavarica
(Wellnhofer, 1993)

Archaeopteryx bavarica, very closely related to Archaeopteryx lithographica, is a is an unspecialized seabird, able to climb, run, and swim in search of food on the small islands of Jurassic northern Europe.

Thanks to Ray Stanford, of cource.

Other sites containing pertinent information:

Jeff Poling's articles
- Archaeopteryx and the Solnhofen Lagoon (a good study of Solnhofen as an ecosystem, compaired to similar modern ecosystems)
- Archaeopteryx's Relationship With Modern Birds
- Dinosaurian Synapomorphies Found In Archaeopteryx
- Dromaeosaurid Archaeopteryx (by Gregory S. Paul!)
- How Archaeopteryx May Have Used Its Wings
- More On The Dino-bird Link
- Use of Feathers By Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx is included in a gallery of Dino-birds in Frank DeNota's webpages.
T. Mike Keesey's Archaeopteryx page (with many, many pictures and good information)
The voluminous All About Archaeopteryx
Dinosaur Mailing List
The Daily-tangent's Archaeopteryx a great reference about Archeaopteryx
DinoData's Archaeopteryxpage
The Rise of Birds, by Sankar Chatterjee, published in 1997 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

� Daniel Bensen 2000
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