Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Subclass †Sauriurae Haeckel, 1866 see Subclass Archaeornithes Gadow, 1893 Order †Archaeopterygiformes Fürbringer, 1888 Family †Archaeopterygidae Huxley, 1871 Genus †Archaeopteryx Meyer, 1861 †Archaeopteryx lithographica H. von Meyer, 1861