Jurapteryx

Jurassic wing

• Jura · Latin/German (place name) · Jura, the Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains)
• pteryx · Greek · wing, feather

The name combines "Jura", referring to the Jurassic Period (itself named after the Jura Mountains), with the Greek "pteryx", meaning wing. It was a parallel to the name Archaeopteryx ("ancient wing"), and was proposed for the Eichstätt specimen of that bird-like dinosaur, which was thought to be distinct from the London and Berlin specimens.

Named by

Howgate

Year named

1985

Period

Late Jurassic

Stage

Tithonian

Found in

Solnhofen Limestone, Eichstätt area, Bavaria, Germany

Junior synonym of Archaeopteryx, a feathered theropod (often classed as a basal bird). Jurapteryx recurva was based on the Eichstätt specimen and is not generally recognized as a separate genus. Details such as exact year and authorship are from memory and should be verified.