Sandbox:Archaeopteryx
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Archaeopteryx (TBA) is a species of avian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. The creature has become a pop culture icon, including influencing various concepts throughout the history of kaiju media.
Name
Archaeopteryx's name comes from the Greek words "ἀρχαῖος" (archaîos), which means "ancient", and "πτέρυξ" (ptéryx), which means "wing" or "feather". It has also been referred to by its German name "Urvogel", which means "primeval bird".
Appearance
1916 art of Archaeopteryx by Heinrich Harder versus 2020 art of Archaeopteryx by Mark Witton.
In Kong: King of the Apes, the Archaeopteryx are completely different from their real-life counterparts; they are flightless theropods that are mostly scaley, with feathers on the tops of their heads and on the tips of their tails. Their mouths are toothless with beaks at their tips. They are mostly brown with purple spots and stripes. Their feathers are also purple, with red spots on their tips.
History
- Godzilla (2014) [credits]
- Kong: King of the Apes (TV 2018) [episode 14, more?]
Kong: King of the Apes
"The Primordial World Below"
Francisca, Lukas, and Danny plummeted into a volcano, where they disturbed a pair of Archaeopteryx, both of which fled when the trio drew the attention of a Dilophosaurus.
Video games
King Kong: Skull Island Adventure
TBA
Books
- Kong: King of Skull Island (2005)
- Merian C. Cooper's King Kong (2005)
Kong: King of Skull Island
TBA
Merian C. Cooper's King Kong
TBA
Gallery
Concept art
King Kong: Skull Island Adventure
Kong: King of the Apes
Trivia
- A giant Archaeopteryx was supposed to appear in the scrapped 1956 film Bride of Godzilla?, which would have lived in a Hollow Earth teeming with other monsters, most of which would have been killed by the titular Bride of Godzilla in order to gain his favor.
- Due to being adapted from the unmade giant Archaeopteryx, Rodan's original concept art heavily resembled contemporary depictions of the animal, including a long tail and a full coat of feathers.
- Archaeopteryx was among the creatures slated to appear in Universal Studios' 1976 remake of the original King Kong film, The Legend of King Kong, before the project was cancelled.
- Archaeopteryx was one of several different prehistoric creatures considered to be featured in the 1977 movie Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds before Rhamphorhynchus and Plesiosaurus were selected.
- One concept for Gigamoth heavily resembles both the original giant Archaeopteryx and feathered Rodan concept arts to the point of having been nicknamed "Archaeopteryx" by some Godzilla fans.
- A 2013 draft for Shin Godzilla featured Godzilla evolving into an Archaeopteryx-like form capable of flight, identified by the archaic name Urvogel.[1]
- An animal almost identical to the Archaeopteryx-like Rodan concept art appears in a panel in the first issue of Mothra: Queen of the Monsters.
External links
References
This is a list of references for Archaeopteryx. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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