Archaeopteryx vs Baryonyx

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Archaeopteryx and Baryonyx, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

الخاصية Archaeopteryx Baryonyx
الاسم العلمي Archaeopteryx lithographica Baryonyx walkeri
التصنيف Theropoda Spinosauridae
الحقبة Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
النظام الغذائي Carnivore Piscivore
الطول 0.5 m 7.5 m
Height 0.3 m 2.5 m
الوزن 0 kg 1.7 t
سنة الاكتشاف 1861 1983
موقع الاكتشاف Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany Surrey, England
سُمي بواسطة Hermann von Meyer Alan Charig & Angela Milner

Size Comparison

Archaeopteryx 0.5 m

smaller than a human child

Baryonyx 7.5 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Archaeopteryx 0 kg

lighter than a human adult

Baryonyx 1.7 t

comparable to 1.7 small cars

Timeline Comparison

Archaeopteryx
161,5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145,0 Mya
Baryonyx
145,0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100,5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Archaeopteryx

Carnivore

Archaeopteryx was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Baryonyx

Piscivore

Baryonyx was a fish-eater, specialized in catching aquatic prey.

Classification Comparison

Archaeopteryx

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Baryonyx

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Spinosauridae

(Spine lizards)

Did You Know?

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Baryonyx was about 15.0x longer than Archaeopteryx.

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Baryonyx weighed roughly 3400x more than Archaeopteryx.

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Archaeopteryx was a carnivore while Baryonyx was a piscivore.

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Archaeopteryx lived during the Jurassic Late while Baryonyx lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.

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Archaeopteryx was discovered 122 years earlier, in 1861.

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Archaeopteryx belonged to Theropoda while Baryonyx belonged to Spinosauridae.

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