Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Subclass †Archaeornithes Gadow, 1893 see Superorder Archaeornithes Gadow, 1893 Genus †Archaeopteryx Meyer, 1861 †Archaeopteryx lithographica H. von Meyer, 1861