Archaeopteryx lithographica
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Archaeopteryx lithographica is a Late Jurassic transitional fossil species that exhibits both dinosaurian and avian features, often regarded as one of the earliest known birds.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archaeopteryx | 4 |
| Archaeopteryx cast | 1 |
| Archaeopteryx lithographica canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archaeopteryx lithographica Context triple: [Aves, hasTypeSpecies, Archaeopteryx lithographica]
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A.
dodo (extinct)
The dodo was a large, flightless bird endemic to Mauritius that became a symbol of human-driven extinction after disappearing in the 17th century.
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B.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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C.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor is a small, fast, and intelligent theropod dinosaur popularly depicted as a cunning pack hunter in books and films like the Jurassic Park franchise.
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D.
Palorchestes
Palorchestes is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous Australian marsupials, often called "marsupial tapirs" for their tapir-like snouts and robust bodies.
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E.
Clinomachus
Clinomachus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work on logic and dialectics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archaeopteryx lithographica Target entity description: Archaeopteryx lithographica is a Late Jurassic transitional fossil species that exhibits both dinosaurian and avian features, often regarded as one of the earliest known birds.
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A.
dodo (extinct)
The dodo was a large, flightless bird endemic to Mauritius that became a symbol of human-driven extinction after disappearing in the 17th century.
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B.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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C.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor is a small, fast, and intelligent theropod dinosaur popularly depicted as a cunning pack hunter in books and films like the Jurassic Park franchise.
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D.
Palorchestes
Palorchestes is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous Australian marsupials, often called "marsupial tapirs" for their tapir-like snouts and robust bodies.
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E.
Clinomachus
Clinomachus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work on logic and dialectics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early bird
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fossil taxon ⓘ paravian ⓘ theropod dinosaur ⓘ transitional fossil ⓘ |
| age | Tithonian ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 0.5 meters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 0.8 to 1 kilogram ⓘ |
| clade |
Avialae
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Dinosauria ⓘ Paraves ⓘ
surface form:
Maniraptora
Paraves ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | small predator ⓘ |
| etymology | name refers to lithographic limestone in which it was found ⓘ |
| family | Archaeopterygidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Hermann von Meyer ⓘ |
| fossilPreservation | exceptional ⓘ |
| fossilSite |
Bavaria
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Germany ⓘ Solnhofen Limestone ⓘ
surface form:
Solnhofen limestone
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| fossilType | impression in lithographic limestone ⓘ |
| genus |
Archaeopteryx lithographica
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Archaeopteryx
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| hasFeature |
asymmetrical flight feathers
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birdlike wishbone ⓘ clawed fingers on wings ⓘ feathers ⓘ furcula ⓘ lightweight bones ⓘ long bony tail ⓘ relatively large braincase ⓘ reptilian tail vertebrae ⓘ teeth in jaws ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| holotypePreservedIn |
Natural History Museum, London
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surface form:
London Natural History Museum
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| importance |
iconic transitional fossil
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key evidence for dinosaur–bird transition ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedApproximately | 150 million years ago ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal
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capable of gliding or powered flight ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| superclass | Tetrapoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1861 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Archaeopteryx lithographica Description of subject: Archaeopteryx lithographica is a Late Jurassic transitional fossil species that exhibits both dinosaurian and avian features, often regarded as one of the earliest known birds.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archaeopteryx cast
this entity surface form:
Archaeopteryx
this entity surface form:
Archaeopteryx
this entity surface form:
Archaeopteryx
this entity surface form:
Archaeopteryx