Alanna Magovern Regester laughed after being asked when she first attended a Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. “It was back when ...

Archaeopteryx has been a source of fascination since the first fossils were found in the 1860s. Treading the line between birds and dinosaurs, the animal was a similar size to a magpie ...

Known as the ‘Icon of Evolution’ and ‘the missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds, Archaeopteryx has become one of the most famous fossil discoveries in Palaeontology. Now, as part of an ...

The Museum’s specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica originates from the latest Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Bavaria, Germany. It was among more than 1,900 Solnhofen fossils bought from Dr Karl ...

So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous Archaeopteryx lithographica, discovered in 1861 just two years after the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, but Archaeopteryx ...

Archaeopteryx is the iconic "dino-bird" from the Jurassic period. The discovery of Archaeopteryx fossils in Germany over 150 ...

For example, fossils of Archaeopteryx show features of both dinosaurs and birds, highlighting the transition from reptiles to avians. The evolution of whales showcases a dramatic transition from ...

Ryan Carney, University of South Florida One of the most remarkable fossils of the birdlike dinosaur Archaeopteryx, known as the Thermopolis specimen, has bones that are preserved in three ...

Field Museum Chief Fossil Preparator Akiko Shinya and Fossil Vertebrate Preparator Connie Van Beek spent 1,300 hours preparing the Chicago Archaeopteryx, ensuring that the scientific integrity of the ...