US EditionChicago museum's fossil yields insights on famed early bird Archaeopteryx
- The Field Museum in Chicago displayed a well-preserved Archaeopteryx fossil in 2024, originally from southern Germany and dating back about 150 million years.
- The fossil arrived in 2022 from a private collection and underwent extensive CT scanning and UV imaging to reveal soft tissues and tiny bones.
- Scientists identified long tertial feathers on both wings of the specimen, linking Archaeopteryx more precisely to modern birds and explaining its flight ability.
- Field Museum paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor described this Archaeopteryx specimen as possibly the most exceptional discovered to date, noting that it is providing valuable new insights.
- These findings reaffirm Archaeopteryx as the earliest bird capable of powered flight and an evolutionary link between dinosaurs and living birds today.
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Chinese-American research team reveals new details about world's
A new study led by researchers from China and the United States has unveiled a well-preserved specimen of Archaeopteryx -- widely accepted as the most primitive bird. The study discovered new details about the bones, soft tissues and feathers of the species.
Scientists uncover new secrets of rare feathered fossil showing early bird evolution
Scientists with the Field Museum of Chicago have discovered that a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in its collection displays an array of features previously unknown when it comes to the earliest known birds, particularly a bird’s feathers, hands, feet and head.Reuters reported that the fossil is one of the best preserved and most complete of the 14 known fossils of the specimens identified since 1861.The first Archaeopteryx fossil, which show…
UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a beautifully-preserved fossil Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx is the fossil that clearly demonstrated Darwin's views. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds -- including the ones alive today -- emerged from dinosaurs. And while the first Archaeopteryx fossil was found more than 160 years ago, scientists are continuing to learn new things about this ancient animal. A set of feathers never before seen in this species help explain why it could fly when many of its no…
Chicago museum's fossil yields insights on famed early bird Archaeopteryx
A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array of previously unknown features of the earliest-known bird, providing insight into its feathers, hands, feet and head. The specimen, unearthed in southern Germany, is one of the most
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