Archeopteryx Collection

Archaeopteryx lithographica [London specimen]
Main slab of rare fossil dinobird and earliest bird found in the Upper Jurassic of Solenhofen in Germany, now on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Known also as the London Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx had the same number and arrangement of primary and secondary flight feathers as modern birds. Watercolour on paper by John Doncaster

Two Archeopteryx foraging on the shore.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Archeopteryx / Reconstruc
In 1861, the discovery of the first intact specimen of this earliest and most prmitive known bird set off a firestorm of debate re. evolution & the role of transitional fossils Date: late 19th century

Archaeopteryx [Berlin specimen]
Cast of the Archaeopteryx fossil specimen held at the Berlin Natural History Museum. It shows clearly the spread-out wings and long clased fingers

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