Jura Museum
Encyclopedia
The Jura Museum situated in Eichstätt
, Germany
is a Natural History Museum that has an extensive exhibit of Jurassic
fossils from the quarry of Solnhofen
, including marine reptiles, pterosaur
s, and one specimen of the early bird Archaeopteryx
. The latest acquisition of the museum is the well preserved skeleton of the coelurosaur Juravenator
.
The museum also have an aquarium of tropical fish.
Eichstätt
Eichstätt is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the District of Eichstätt. It is located along the Altmühl River, at , and had a population of 13,078 in 2002. It is home to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the lone Catholic university in Germany. The...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
is a Natural History Museum that has an extensive exhibit of Jurassic
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
fossils from the quarry of Solnhofen
Solnhofen
Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Franconia in the Land of Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the Altmühl valley....
, including marine reptiles, pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
s, and one specimen of the early bird Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx , sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel , is a genus of theropod dinosaur that is closely related to birds. The name derives from the Ancient Greek meaning "ancient", and , meaning "feather" or "wing"...
. The latest acquisition of the museum is the well preserved skeleton of the coelurosaur Juravenator
Juravenator
Juravenator is a genus of small coelurosaurian dinosaur, which lived in the area which would someday become the Jura mountains of Germany, about 151 or 152 million years ago. It is known from a single, juvenile specimen...
.
The museum also have an aquarium of tropical fish.