Archaeopteryx lithographicia , the Munich Specimen Quetzalcoatlus and prognathic lower face

and prognathic lower face

Distribution - late Cretaceous of North America

but was a closely

represents one of five species of amphibians which are found at the Messel site

Archaeopteryx lithographicia , the Munich Specimen Quetzalcoatlus and prognathic lower faceThe Munich Archaeopteryx is the most recent specimen, it was discovered in 1992 and described by Peter Wellnhofer in 1993. Wellnhofer interpreted this specimen as a separate species, which he named Archaeopteryx bavarica. It is slightly larger than the Eichstatt specimen but smaller than the Berlin specimen. Despite being smaller than the Berlin specimen, the foot is just as big, and the tibia is longer than in the Berlin specimen. The ulna is also