#urvogel

[justgoji]

Archaeopteryx for dinovember

@1dinodaily

[proxxicles]

microraptors

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[cellulosaurus]

With all of what we know about Archaeopteryx, this is far from an unreasonable reconstruction actually

[extinctcreaturesdaily]

today's daily is: the archaeopteryx! (archaeopteryx genus)

( requested by anon :] )

[252mya]

Archaeopteryx is one of the most famous fossil creatures ever. Despite having teeth, claws, and a tail like other theropod dinosaurs it would have looked like a weird little bird. Design by Greco Westermann sulc.us/urvogel

[wootusart]

Archaeopteryx. . Done for the book “Traumreise In Die Urzeit” by Markus Peter Kretschmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #archaeopteryx #birdlike #dinosaur #dinoart #dinoartist #dinosaurart #paleoart #dinoartwork #dinosaurartwork #urvogel #oldbird #birdart #jurassic #jurassicperiod #mesozoic #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #dinosaurdesigns #bookillustration #bookart https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsihikK1sq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hcjoneschristwriting]

Der Urvogel

Once light as a feather, now heavy as stone;

Once vividly plumaged, now firmly interred;

He’s petrified, fossilised, preserved alone;

‘Ancient wing’ – Archaeopteryx, the (sort of) first bird.

Unearthed as unusual, remarkable find

Reptiles and birds now inarguably linked.

His earthen grave whispers to those with a mind

For palaeontology, or creatures extinct.

Head back in death pose, a cadaverous sculpture;

Dreaming forever of days way back when.

Immortalized now in popular culture,

Der Urvogel might just yet fly once again.

[huxley-paleozoo]

Archaeopteryx

Scientific name: Archaeopteryx lithographica Diet: Insects and small vertebrates Projected natural lifespan: 10+ years Length: 50 cm (20 inches) Weight: 0.8-1 kg (1.8-2.2 lbs) Locality: Bavaria, Germany (Solnhofen Limestone); 150-148 Ma Exhibit: Anning Palaeontological Museum

About The first bird (if you have a very specific definition of what a bird is), Archaeopteryx has been known to science since the 1860′s. Universally agreed to be related to modern birds, its affinities to theropod dinosaurs had first been suggested in 1868 by Thomas Henry Huxley and popularized in the 1970s by John Ostrom. It has quite a few features in common with theropod dinosaurs, dromaeosaurids in particular - a small head filled with teeth, clawed wings, small “sickle claws” on the second toes, and a long bony tail. Many Archaeopteryx fossils preserve impressions of large feathers on the wings and tail.

At Huxley Archaeopteryx is one of our Animal Ambassadors. Nominated due to the taxon’s scientific importance, they’re good candidates for the job due to their small size and agreeable personality.

Notable Behavior Our Archaeopteryx are pretty social birds, and they seem to enjoy the company of humans almost as much as each others’. They prefer being in large groups, and due to the way we raised and trained them, they seem to count people as part of these groups. Hence, they do well around groups of people during educational demonstrations. If you’re lucky, on certain days you might have the ability to touch them when you visit the Museum! Archaeopteryx feathers are very soft. Please keep contact to the neck and back.

The Archaeopteryx can fly, but not very well, and mostly for short distances. Their arms can’t go back as far as modern birds, so they can’t do a full flight stroke. Instead, they tend to get around by climbing or simply walking. Or hopping. It’s cute when they hop.

Keeper Notes As several of you have guessed, the post on April 1 was written by an Archaeopteryx. We covered the keyboard with mealworms and let him have at it.