Tag: #Archaeopteryx #Evolution #Paleontology #BirdEvolution #Dinosaurs #Fossils #LaserFluorescence #LSF #SoftTissue #Biomechanics #FlightEvolution #Jurassic #Solnhofen #Avialans

Some fossils transcend the significance of a single species and become symbols of entire scientific ideas. Archaeopteryx is one of them. Ever since the first specimens were discovered in the German limestone formations of Solnhofen in the nineteenth century, this unusual animal — with feathers and wings, but at the same time also with teeth,…