Archaeopteryx
Pronounced: ar-kee-OP-ter-iks
🍖 Carnivore 🌳 Jurassic
The famous «first bird»! Feathers and wings — but also teeth and a long bony tail.
- length
- 0.5 m
- weight
- 1 kg
- lived
- 150–148 million years ago
- diet
- Carnivore
Did you know?
- Shows how dinosaurs slowly became birds! 🐦
- Was crow-sized — smaller than most cats.
- Fossils from Germany still show feather marks.
How huge are they?
Archaeopteryx is 0.5 m long — about 0 of you in a row!