Fun fact: Archaeopteryx means “ancient wing”

So don’t listen to DodoDex when it says these things don’t spawn on Astraeos, I’ve encountered two in Pyranthos I believe.

Don’t mistake these with microraptors, but don’t mistake those for these things. The difference is that one is afraid of everything that runs away as soon as you come near it, then flies away, then the other isn’t afraid of anything that’s basically a homing missle that can’t miss, and makes things really dangerous

Make sure you DON'T mistake them for Micros. These dudes run. I've accidentally killed one thinking it was a micro. Always use a spy glass to tell which is which. Finding these cute lil fellas is hard especially with all the thylas and terror birds around. To tame them you'll need Chitin so go kill some ants or dragonflies and then boom you have a lil buddy you can love forever, well y'know until they die or you quit.

- Snippet the Compy

I’ve found taming them very easy if you chase them with a fast equus (or unicorn) and kick them in the face a few times.

Alright, so basically I found one of these in the wild and REALLY wanted one. But with all the fun things in the Redwoods willing to take out anything that looks at them... Well you get the idea. But when I went to a dungeon and saw a Eerie one I wanted it SO bad. So I killed that one took its creature implant, revived it at one of the obelisks and tamed that glory bird up. Now I have a light up parachute!

These are NOT rare, just hard to find. Keep a close eye on the redwood trees, make sure to circle the trees, and listen for the noise they make.

You can also find these in the fuzzy trees in scorched earth by the small mountain

Won't assault you however if you go near it it will flee. This is because it's skittish in temperment. If you wish to tame keep this in mind