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Archaeopteryx
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Archaeopteryx skeleton
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Archaeopteryx: References & Edit History

Article History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria. Dec 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Archaeopteryx. Oct 08, 2024
Added interactive. Aug 21, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - Archaeopteryx: The day the fossil feathers flew. Jul 02, 2024
Media added. May 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - New specimen of Archaeopteryx provides insights into the evolution of pennaceous feathers. Apr 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Museum Wales - Archaeopteryx - the missing link between dinosaurs and birds? Dec 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Archaeopteryx. Feb 16, 2023
Described the limitations of powered flight in Archaeopteryx; noted that Aurornis xui is the oldest known bird. Changed “11–12 described specimens” to “specimens.” Oct 15, 2020
Add new Web site: Prehistoric Wildlife - Archaeopteryx. Feb 04, 2019
Changed the designation of Archaeopteryx as the oldest-known bird to a genus of feathered dinosaurs; noted the disagreement among paleontologists over whether the species was capable of powered flight. Jan 17, 2018
Added a photograph of the cast of the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx. Jan 17, 2018
Add new Web site: National Museum Wales - Archaeopteryx - the missing link between dinosaurs and birds? May 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Live Science - Archaeopteryx: The Transitional Fossil. Sep 05, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What is Archaeopteryx. Mar 06, 2013
Add new Web site: The Natural History Museum - Archaeopteryx lithographica. Mar 06, 2013
Text describing the importance of melanosomes to both wing coloration and wing structural support added. Feb 10, 2012
Text added describing the discovery of Xiaotingia zhengi and what it means to the classification of Archaeopteryx as the world's first bird. Aug 23, 2011
Revised to reflect updated geologic time scale. Aug 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Black Sea. Jun 02, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Archaeopteryx. Jun 02, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Archaeopteryx. Feb 27, 2008
Added new Web site: TalkOrigins Archive - Archaeopteryx. Jan 17, 2007
Added new Web site: Nick Longrich - Archaeopteryx Lthographica. Jan 17, 2007
Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Archaeopteryx. Jun 27, 2006
Article revised. Sep 27, 2002
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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