Archaeopteryx
50 cm (1.64 ft)
Body length, nose to tail
The Jurassic feathered dinosaur often called the first bird, measured nose to tail. About 50 cm long, most of it tail and feathers.
Published
How big is that?
50 cm is 1.7 times an A4 sheet and 29% of an adult man.
Archaeopteryx is the smallest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 21st smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Bowling pin (Ten-pin) (Classic), 38.1 cm tall and Perseverance (Mars rover) (Cosmic Scale), 3 m long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Archaeopteryx in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Archaeopteryx |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeopteryx | 50 cm long | – |
| DodoThe flightless bird of Mauritius, extinct since the late 1600s. | 70 cm tall | 1.4× bigger |
| Saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis)The Ice Age cat of the La Brea tar pits. Measured at the shoulder. | 1 m tall | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 500 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 50 |
| Metres | 0.5 |
| Inches | 19.69 |
| Feet | 1.64 |
How it's measured
Body length, nose to tail. Natural History Museum Dino Directory.
Body length runs from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail, following the spine.
Sources
- nhm.ac.uk: Length: 0.5m.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Archaeopteryx is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.