Archaeopteryx

genus of early bird-like dinosaur
Taxon fossil_taxon Q100196
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Archaeopteryx

Summary

Archaeopteryx is a fossil taxon[1]. Archaeopteryx ranks in the top 0.16% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,349 views/month, #16 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archaeopteryx is credited with the discovery of Carl Friedrich Häberlein[3].
  • Archaeopteryx's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Archaeopteryx is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Archaeopteryx is classified within Archaeopterygidae[6].
  • Archaeopteryx's location of discovery is recorded as Germany[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Archaeopteryx is Archaeopteryx[8].
  • Archaeopteryx's Commons category is recorded as Archaeopteryx[9].
  • Archaeopteryx's temporal range start is recorded as Tithonian[10].
  • Archaeopteryx's temporal range end is recorded as Tithonian[11].
  • Archaeopteryx's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1861[12].
  • Archaeopteryx began on -150800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Archaeopteryx ended on -148500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Archaeopteryx's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archaeopteryx[15].
  • Archaeopteryx's Commons gallery is recorded as Archaeopteryx[16].
  • Archaeopteryx's main food source is recorded as carnivore[17].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[22].
  • Archaeopteryx's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[23].
  • Archaeopteryx is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '始祖鳥'}[24].
  • Archaeopteryx's different from is recorded as Archaeopteris[25].
  • Archaeopteryx's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.5'}[26].
  • Archaeopteryx dates from the Late Jurassic[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Archaeopteryx is Archaeopteryx[8]. Archaeopteryx is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Archaeopteryx is classified within Archaeopterygidae[6]. Archaeopteryx is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '始祖鳥'}[24].

Identifiers

Archaeopteryx's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 490944[28]. Archaeopteryx's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433761[29]. Archaeopteryx's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4847896[30].

Why It Matters

Archaeopteryx ranks in the top 0.16% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,349 views/month, #16 of 9,701).[2] Archaeopteryx has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Archaeopteryx is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor Carl Friedrich Häberlein
    Start time -150800000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Main food source carnivore
    Time period Late Jurassic
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294839505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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