On May 5th, 1877, the German paleontologist Karl Zittel first laid eyes on one of the most stunning fossils ever discovered. The 150 million year old specimen belonged to Ernst Häberlein, which he ...
Paleontologists have corrected a case of misinterpretation: The first fossil "Archaeopteryx" to be discovered is actually a predatory dinosaur belonging to the anchiornithid family, which was ...
The skeleton of Xiaotingia (head is to the left) From Xu et al., 2011 Sometimes my timing is just plain awful. I had waited for years to see an authentic specimen of Archaeopteryx—the feather-covered ...
An ancient creature halfway between a dinosaur and a bird had feathered "trousers" on its hindlimbs. Archaeopteryx had pennaceous (quill-like) feathers all over its body, not only its wings, a new ...
Early bird Archaeopteryx - considered Earth's oldest-known bird - was completely capable of flying, a new analysis of fossil remains has found. The findings dispel suggestions the creature's feathers ...
In 1855, paleontologists made a discovery that changed the way we looked at dinosaurs, evolution, and birds. In Germany, they found what would come to be known as Archaeopteryx, the world's first bird ...
The Earth’s oldest-known bird was a paleontological rock star that sported “feather trousers” on its legs. Scientists on Wednesday described the best-preserved fossil of Archaeopteryx ever found, ...
MUNICH, Germany, July 3 (UPI) --In a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, researchers described the discovery of a near perfect fossil of Archaeopteryx, the "original bird." Though the ...
One day in Chicago, a slab of ancient limestone arrived at the Field Museum. To the untrained eye, it looked unremarkable, dusty and pale. But inside it, buried for millions of years, was a creature ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of feathered but flightless little dinosaur from the Jurassic period. Remains of the tiny beast, dubbed Eosinopteryxbrevipenna, found in northeastern China ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of feathered but flightless little dinosaur from the Jurassic period. Remains of the tiny beast, dubbed Eosinopteryxbrevipenna, found in northeastern China ...
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