Archaeopteryx (/ˌɑːrkiːˈɒptərɪks/; lit. 'old-wing'), sometimes referred to by its German name, "Urvogel" (lit. Primeval Bird) is a genus of bird-like...
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Archaeopteryx fossils from the quarries of Solnhofen limestone represent the most famous and well-known fossils from this area. They are highly significant...
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in the nineteenth century after the discovery of the primitive bird Archaeopteryx in Germany. Birds and extinct non-avian dinosaurs share many unique...
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Natural History Museum, Berlin (section Archaeopteryx)
skeleton), and a well-preserved specimen of the earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx. The museum's mineral collections date back to the Prussian Academy...
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preceding centuries incorrectly labelling them as the closest relative of Archaeopteryx. Compsognathus is known from two almost complete skeletons. The German...
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also plate V. On p. 679, Meyer named Archaeopteryx: "Zur Bezeichnung des Thieres halte ich die Benennung Archaeopteryx lithographica geeignet." (For the...
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subsequently yielded spectacular finds, including Archaeopteryx, commemorated in the bird's full name Archaeopteryx lithographica. All 13 known specimens have...
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broad-based reviews of the osteology and phylogeny of the primitive bird Archaeopteryx appeared in 1976. Ostrom lived to see the eventual discovery of feathered...
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Solnhofen Plattenkalk include the early feathered theropod dinosaur Archaeopteryx preserved in such detail that they are among the most famous and most...
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Dinosaurs (TV series) (redirect from Aaah Aagh I'm Dying You Idiot)
show's premiere highlighted Dinosaurs' connection to Jim Henson, who had died the year before. Henson conceived the show in 1988, according to an article...
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biological class, Aves. For more than a century, the small theropod dinosaur Archaeopteryx lithographica from the Late Jurassic period was considered to have been...
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pull the head and tail back. Ornithomimus Struthiomimus Gorgosaurus Archaeopteryx Messelornis Sapeornis Scipionyx Camarasaurus Shenzhousaurus Dinosaurs...
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Birds are descendants of the primitive avialans (whose members include Archaeopteryx) which first appeared during the Late Jurassic. According to recent...
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dinosaur, is usually considered to be a synonym of Microraptor. Like Archaeopteryx, well-preserved fossils of Microraptor provide important evidence about...
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Dino Quiz Book (1995) The Puzzle of the Dinosaur-Bird: The Story of Archaeopteryx (1996) What the Dinosaurs Saw (1998) Hello, Hello! (2002) Little Raccoon's...
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Although considered to be birds (i.e. members of the clade Aves), Archaeopteryx and other extinct groups are not included in the crown group, as they...
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primitive and advanced features. As in more primitive avialans like Archaeopteryx, they retained several separate cranial bones, small premaxillae (bones...
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Daiting (section Archaeopteryx - Daiting Specimen)
Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany. An eighth, fragmentary specimen of Archaeopteryx was discovered in the late 1980s in the somewhat younger sediments at...
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attached in life. Overall, this feather pattern looks very much like Archaeopteryx. The first known dromaeosaurid with definitive evidence of feathers...
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and all large saurischian dinosaurs; maniraptorans Conchoraptor and Archaeopteryx had very similar proportions. This lends further support to the idea...
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develops a dental notation system. August 15 – First description of Archaeopteryx, based on a feather found in Bavaria; in September the first complete...
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reached Earth only when the solar wind had minimum power. Two fossil Archaeopteryx were man-made fakes. The theory of abiogenic petroleum, held by Hoyle...
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Plattenkalk (Jurassic limestone). On the Blumenberg the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx was found by Jakob Niemeyer. St. Willibald founded the Diocese of Eichstätt...
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exception of the crushed and hard to interpret skulls of Compsognathus and Archaeopteryx. Currently the skull is housed at the Natural History Museum, where...
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specimen of the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx, the Maxberg specimen. The so-called Maxberg specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica has been discovered...
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well as the earliest bird after Archaeopteryx. It was also considered to be only slightly younger than Archaeopteryx – the Yixian Formation, the rock...
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that, apart from its hands and feathers, Archaeopteryx was quite similar to Compsognathus. Thus Archaeopteryx represents a transitional fossil. In 1868...
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of a trace – a putative first pterosaur from the Ettling locality". Archaeopteryx. 37: 75–83. Broili, F. (1927). "Ein Exemplar von Rhamphorhynchus mit...
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Frankenalb (Sueddeutschland): Skelettanatomie und Weichteilbefunde". Archaeopteryx. 24: 1–26. Xu, X. (2006). "Scales, feathers, and dinosaurs". "Nature"...
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pianist and an excellent tennis player. JPL · 9859 9860 Archaeopteryx 1991 PW9 Archaeopteryx, the early bird that had a dinosaur-like skeleton. JPL ·...
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