After Elzanowski, 2002, and Mayr, Pohl, Hartman & Peters, 2007
†Archaeopteryx von Meyer, 1861 Griphosaurus Wagner, 1861 (nomen dubium) Archaeornis Petronievics in Petronievics & Woodward, 1917 Jurapteryx Howgate, 1984 Wellnhoferia Elzanowski, 2001 †Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer, 1861 Griphosaurus sp. Wagner, 1861 [nomen dubium] [London specimen] Archaeopteryx crassipes Archaeopteryx macrura Owen, 1862 [holotype of A. lithographica (London specimen)] Archaeopteryx oweni Petronievics, 1917 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; de Beer, 1954 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Wellnhofer, 1974 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Ostrom, 1976 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Feduccia, 1980 Jurapteryx recurva Howgate, 1984 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Houck, Gauthier & Strauss, 1990 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Wellnhofer, 1992 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Feduccia, 1996 Wellnhoferia grandis Elzanowski, 2001 [Solnhofen specimen] Wellnhoferia grandis Elzanowski; Santer & Robins, 2003 Archaeopteryx lithographica Wellhofer; Wellnhofer & Röper, 2005 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Mayr, Pohl, Hartman & Peters, 2007 [London & Solnhofen specimens] †Archaeopteryx siemensii Dames, 1897 Archaeopteryx siemensii Dames, 1897 [Berlin specimen (HMN1880/81)] Archaeornis sp. Petronievics in Petronievics & Woodward, 1917 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; de Beer, 1954 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Wellnhofer, 1974 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Ostrom, 1976 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Houck, Gauthier & Strauss, 1990 Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Wellnhofer, 1992 Archaeopteryx bavarica Wellhofer, 1993 [Munich specimen] Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer; Santer & Robins, 2003 Archaeopteryx bavarica Wellhofer; Wellnhofer & Röper, 2005 Archaeopteryx siemensii Dames; Mayr, Pohl, Hartman & Peters, 2007 [Berlin, Munich & Thermopolis specimens]
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