Daiting

Daiting
Daiting
Location of Daiting within Donau-Ries district
Coordinates	48°48′N 10°54′E / 48.8°N 10.9°E / 48.8; 10.9Coordinates: 48°48′N 10°54′E / 48.8°N 10.9°E / 48.8; 10.9
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Donau-Ries
Mayor	Johann Roßkopf
Basic statistics
Area	25.44 km2 (9.82 sq mi)
Elevation	445 m  (1460 ft)
Population	786 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	31 /km2 (80 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DON
Postal code	86653
Area code	09091
Website	www.gemeinde-daiting.de

Daiting is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.

Archaeopteryx - Daiting Specimen

Main article: Archaeopteryx

Daiting Specimen

An eighth, fragmentary specimen of Archaeopteryx was discovered in the late 1980s in the somewhat younger sediments at Daiting. It is therefore known as the Daiting Specimen, and has been known since 1996 only from a cast, briefly shown at the Naturkundemuseum in Bamberg. Long having been missing and therefore dubbed the 'Phantom', it was purchased by palaeontologist Raimund Albertsdörfer in 2009.^[2] It was on display for the first time with six other original fossils of Archaeopteryx at the Munich Mineral Show in October 2009.^[3] A first, quick look by scientists indicate that this specimen might represent a new species of Archaeopteryx.^[4] It was found in a limestone bed that was a few hundred thousand years younger than the other finds.^[2]

The quarry the specimen had been found has since been infilled. The area of the former quarry is in procession of the municipality of Daiting, who does not have the financial means to carry out research. Daiting had expressions of interest for the area but has not decided as to whether it will sell it into private ownership.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Archäologischer Sensationsfund in Daiting, (German) Augsburger Allgemeine - Donauwörth edition, published: 28 November 2009, accessed: 23 December 2009
3. ^ Sammler und Forscher - ein schwieriges Verhältnis (German), Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published: 25 October 2009, accessed: 25 December 2009
4. ^ Wiedergefundener Archaeopteryx ist wohl neue Art (German) Die Zeit, accessed: 25 December 2009