Archaeopteryx fossil

From the Solnhofen Limestone Formation, Germany, Late Jurassic. Archaeopteryx, meaning "Ancient Wing," was discovered in 1859. Perhaps the most famous fossils in the world, ten skeleton specimens are now known, some amazingly well preserved. Like modern birds, Archaeopteryx had long wing and tail feathers, and has been regarded as the first bird. We now know that complex feathers and other birdlike features were widespread among the meat-eating dinosaurs known as maniraptorans. While…

You’ve likely seen or heard about Archaeopteryx, a very important transitional fossil showing the connection between birds and dinosaurs. (Isn’t it annoying that ID folks and creationi…

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Archaeopteryx - I would love to get this as a tattoo!

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Archaeopteryx lithographica, the Berlin specimen.

Many of the characteristics of early and modern birds appeared first in theropod dinosaurs. Feathers, wishbones, modified "flapping" forelimbs and hollow bones are found in the coelurosaurs - the theropod group that includes tyrannosaurs and dromaeosaurs.

Archaeopteryx