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Re: Archaeopteryx's birthday
> None of the references I have, including _The Dinosauria_, lists the
>era/stage that Archaeopteryx is associated with. They merely say "Late
>Jurassic." Anybody happen to know the era/stage Archie is associated with?
According to the Solenhofen book (Barthel, Swinburne and Conway-Morris),
the plattenkalk of southern Germany is latest Kimmeridgian to middle
Tithonian in age.
Cheers, Paul
Dr Paul M.A. Willis
Consulting Vertebrate Palaeontologist
Quinkana Pty Ltd
pwillis@ozemail.com.au