Archaeopteryx vs Spinosaurus

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

गुण Archaeopteryx Spinosaurus
वैज्ञानिक नाम Archaeopteryx lithographica Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
वर्गीकरण Theropoda Spinosauridae
युग Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
आहार Carnivore Piscivore
लंबाई 0.5 m 15.0 m
Height 0.3 m 5.2 m
वजन 0 kg 7.4 t
खोज वर्ष 1861 1912
खोज स्थान Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
नामकर्ता Hermann von Meyer Ernst Stromer

Size Comparison

Archaeopteryx 0.5 m

smaller than a human child

Spinosaurus 15.0 m

about as long as 3 cars end-to-end

Weight Comparison

Archaeopteryx 0 kg

lighter than a human adult

Spinosaurus 7.4 t

about the weight of 1.2 elephants

Timeline Comparison

Archaeopteryx
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Spinosaurus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Archaeopteryx

Carnivore

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

Spinosaurus

Piscivore

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

Classification Comparison

Archaeopteryx

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Spinosaurus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Spinosauridae

(Spine lizards)

Did You Know?

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Spinosaurus was about 30.0x longer than Archaeopteryx.

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Spinosaurus weighed roughly 14800x more than Archaeopteryx.

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Archaeopteryx was a carnivore while Spinosaurus was a piscivore.

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

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Archaeopteryx was discovered 51 years earlier, in 1861.

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Archaeopteryx belonged to Theropoda while Spinosaurus belonged to Spinosauridae.

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