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 ...

Paleontologists are flocking to the recently discovered bird-like dinosaur fossil named Fujianvenator prodigiosus. Unearthed in 2022, this fossil revealed surprising details that turn previous ideas ...

Scientists now know that dinosaurs evolved bird-like characteristics long before the appearance of Archaeopteryx – the Late Jurassic fossil sometimes referred to as the earliest bird. Left, a painting ...

Imagine peering into your backyard and spotting a creature whose ancestors once thundered across ancient landscapes alongside ...

It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it through the extinction event 66 million years ago may surprise you.

This is because it was a dinosaur—one that evolved long after the first known bird, Archaeopteryx, split off from the dinosaur family tree. Earlier dinosaurs, common ancestors to both ...

Xu suggests that feather evolution may have gotten started in a common ancestor of pterodactyls and dinosaurs—nearly 240 million years ago, or some 95 million years before Archaeopteryx.

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 ...

This year marks the 150 th anniversary of the discovery of one of the most iconic dinosaur fossils of all time: Archaeopteryx. Unearthed in 1861 in southern Germany, it has long been considered the ...

It was among more than 1,900 Solnhofen fossils bought from Dr Karl Haberlein in 1862 for £700. Archaeopteryx shows a unique combination of dinosaur and bird characters. It is one of the few fossils ...

Archaeopteryx's strong ankles probably served as shock absorbers during landings. The bones comprising them were relatively long compared to those of related dinosaurs, and they were partially ...