Archaeopteryx fossils

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age gptkb:Late_Jurassic
about 150 million years old
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Hermann_von_Meyer
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1861
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Bavaria
gptkb:Solnhofen_limestone
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:Museum_für_Naturkunde,_Berlin
gptkb:Natural_History_Museum,_London
gptkb:Bavarian_State_Collection_of_Paleontology_and_Geology
gptkb:Bürgermeister_Müller_Museum,_Solnhofen
gptkb:Jura_Museum,_Eichstätt
gptkb:Staatliches_Museum_für_Naturkunde,_Stuttgart
gptkb:Teylers_Museum,_Haarlem
gptkb:Wyoming_Dinosaur_Center,_Thermopolis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Archaeopteryx fossils
gptkbp:location gptkb:London_specimen
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Altmühl_specimen
gptkb:Berlin_specimen
gptkb:Daiting_specimen
gptkb:Eichstätt_specimen
gptkb:Haarlem_specimen
gptkb:London_specimen
gptkb:Munich_specimen
gptkb:Solnhofen_specimen
gptkb:Thermopolis_specimen
Bürgermeister Müller specimen
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies 12
gptkbp:preservationQuality exceptional
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:bone
wings
feathers
teeth
skull
legs
feet
clawed fingers
long bony tail
wishbone
gptkbp:preserves body fossils
impression fossils
gptkbp:scientificImportance earliest known bird (historically)
links reptiles and birds
gptkbp:significance transitional fossil
evidence for evolution of birds from dinosaurs
gptkbp:taxonRank gptkb:Archaeopteryx_lithographica
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Solnhofen_limestone
gptkb:Solnhofen,_Germany
gptkb:Solnhofen_Limestone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6