page_title: Daiting
section_title: Archaeopteryx - Daiting Specimen
hierarchical_section_title: Daiting / Archaeopteryx - Daiting Specimen
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil specimen of a partial skeleton of Archaeopteryx (catalogue no. SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1). This specimen is called “the eighth specimen” and was probably found around 1990 at the village of Daiting in the bavarian part of Suevia, Germany, and is therefore also referred to as “the Daiting specimen”. It comprises a badly preserved skull (right), left and right scapula (below the skull), left humerus, tibia, fibula, and a partial manus as well as a right partial humerus (centre and left). It was for the first time ever on public display at the the 2009 Munich Mineral Days, where this photo was taken. The image shows the original fossil – not a cast.In 2018 this specimen became the holotype of Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al. The results of a statistical analysis of geochemical data suggest, that it comes from the Mörnsheim Formation, which is slightly younger than the Solnhofen Member of the Altmühltal Formation but is still of early Tithonian age.&#91;1&#93; Deutsch: Fossilexemplar eines Teilskeletts von Archaeopteryx (Sammlungs-Nr. SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1). Dieses Exemplar wird auch „das achte Exemplar“ genannt und wurde wahrscheinlich schon um 1990 in Daiting, im bayerischen Teil Schwabens, gefunden, weshalb es auch als „Daitinger Exemplar“ bezeichnet wird. Es besteht aus einen schlecht erhaltenen Schädel (links), rechtem und linkem Schulterblatt (Scapula, unterhalb des Schädels), linkem Oberarmknochen (Humerus), den linken Unterarmknochen (Tibia und Fibula) und einem Teil der „Hand“ sowie einem unvollständigen rechten Humerus. Es wurde während der Münchner Mineralientage 2009 erstmals öffentlich ausgestellt, wo dieses Bild aufgenommen wurde. Das Bild zeigt das Original-Fossil, keinen Abguss.Im Jahr 2018 avancierte dieses Exemplar zum Holotyp der Spezies Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al. Die Ergebnisse einer statistischen Auswertung geochemischer Daten legen nahe, dass das Stück der Mörnsheim-Formation entstammt, die etwas jünger ist als die Solnhofen-Subformation der Altmühltal-Formation, aber noch ins frühe Tithon fällt.&#91;1&#93; ↑ a b Martin Kundrát, John Nudds, Benjamin P. Kear, Junchang Lü, Per Ahlberg (2018): The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany. Historical Biology 31(1):3-63, doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1518443
context_page_description: Daiting is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.
context_section_description: An eighth, fragmentary specimen of Archaeopteryx was discovered in the late 1980s in the somewhat younger sediments at Daiting. It is therefore known as the Daiting Specimen, and has been known since 1996 only from a cast, briefly shown at the Naturkundemuseum in Bamberg. Long having been missing and therefore dubbed the 'Phantom', it was purchased by palaeontologist Raimund Albertsdörfer in 2009. It was on display for the first time with six other original fossils of Archaeopteryx at the Munich Mineral Show in October 2009. A first, quick look by scientists indicate that this specimen might represent a new species of Archaeopteryx. It was found in a limestone bed that was a few hundred thousand years younger than the other finds.
  The quarry the specimen had been found has since been infilled. The area of the former quarry is in the possession of the municipality of Daiting, which does not have the financial means to carry out research. Daiting had expressions of interest for the area but has not decided as to whether it will sell it into private ownership.
caption: Daiting Specimen
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