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Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx lithographica

Era: JurassicDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late JurassicSize: 0.5mWeight: 0.9kg

Archaeopteryx was a small, bird-like dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic Period in what is now Europe. The discovery of the first Archaeopteryx fossil in Germany in 1861 caused a lot of confusion. No birds were known from so far back. Some people even thought it might be an angel