Tag Archive for 'Archaeopteryx lithographica'

An illustration of Archaeopteryx. Image credit: Mark Witton.

Archaeopteryx Took Off with Series of Hops, Not One Big Leap: Study

Aug 17, 2026 by Natali Anderson

Archaeopteryx — the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth — may have hopped its way into the air, rather than launching with the single powerful...

Optical photograph of the 150-million-year-old isolated fossil feather of Archaeopteryx. Image credit: Carney et al, doi: 10.1038/ncomms1642.

First Fossil Feather Ever Found Belonged to Archaeopteryx

Sep 30, 2020 by News Staff

Renowned as the first fossil feather ever known, the 150-million-year-old isolated fossil feather found in the Jurassic limestone deposits of Solnhofen,...