When the first Archaeopteryx fossil was unearthed in Germany in 1861, it was unlike anything known to science. At that time, bird-like creatures weren’t known to have existed so far back, so it was ...

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

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 ...

One of the greatest of these fossil finds lies in the heart of London, in the treasure room of the Natural History Museum. FIELD (voiceover): This is Archaeopteryx, one of the most amazing fossils ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Magovern Regester is excited about the Archaeopteryx fossils that will be on display Saturday, Jan. 25, to Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Grenada Gallery, which is part of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.