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Seven examples of fossils belonging to the species Archaeopteryx
have been discovered (not including fossils of individual feathers), as
follows:
The Maxburg Specimen
Like the London specimen, it is
discovered near Langenaltheim in
1958; described by Heller in 1959.
This fossil consisted solely of the
torso. Its whereabouts are
currently unknown.
The Maxburg Specimen
The Haarlem or Teyler Specimen
Discovered near Reindenburg in
1855, five years before the feather.
However, it was left in a museum and
classified as Pterodactylus by von
Meyer. Subsequent re-examination of
the fossil by Ostrom in 1970 revealed
its feathers and true identity.
The Haarlem or Teyler
Specimen
The Solnhofen-Aktien and Verein
Specimen
P. Wellnhofer described a new
species in 1993: Achaeopteryx bava-
rica. It was reported that this species
had a small, hardened breastbone
and feathers different in appearance.
The Solnhofen-Aktien and
Verein Specimen
