Checked on 2024-09-27
Probability: 0.95
Justification: The claim is supported by multiple sources, all of which agree that Archaeopteryx is the earliest known bird, dating back to around 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The only uncertainty arises from the fact that the exact timeline might be subject to slight variations in interpretation, but the overall consensus is clear.
Final Truth Score: 0.93
Archaeopteryx (/ ˌ ɑːr k iː ˈ ɒ p t ər ɪ k s /; lit. ' old-wing '), sometimes referred to by its German name, "Urvogel" (lit. Primeval Bird) is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs.The name derives from the ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (archaīos), meaning "ancient", and πτέρυξ (ptéryx), meaning "feather" or "wing".Between the late 19th century and the early 21st century ...
Late Jurassic Epoch. Archaeopteryx, genus of feathered dinosaur that was once thought to be the oldest known fossil bird. The specimens date to approximately 150 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic Epoch (163.5 million to 145 million years ago), and all were found in the Solnhofen Limestone Formation in Bavaria, Germany, starting in 1861.
Archaeopteryx lived around 150 million years ago — during the early Tithonian stage in the late Jurassic Period — in what is now Bavaria, southern Germany. At the time, Europe was an ...
Late Jurassic, 149-145 million years ago. Found in: Germany. 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.
But rewind about 150 million years, and Archaeopteryx—widely recognized as the earliest known bird—cut a starkly contrasting image, boasting a snout filled with sharp teeth, wings with claws ...