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Archaeopteryx #0005 - Feather in Solnhofen Limestone

The discovery of a fossil feather in Solnhofen Limestone Quarry in 1860 was a prelude to Archaopteryx, found one year later in the same quarry system.

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Filename: scf4327-033-archaeopteryx 0005 feather.jpg
Copyright: © Louie Psihoyos
Image Size: 3446x5100 / 27.1MB; 1860 Archaeopteryx Berlin Berlin Specimen Bird Birds Bone Bones Dino Dinos Dinosaur Dinosaurs Evolution Feather Finger Fossil Fossils Limestone Mesozoic Paleontolgist Paleontologists Paleontology Prehistoric Quarry Skeleton Solnhofen Transitional Species
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The discovery of a fossil feather in Solnhofen Limestone Quarry in 1860 was a prelude to Archaopteryx, found one year later in the same quarry system.