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The Best Archaeopteryx Yet

Rock&Gem Magazine

October 2025

Archaeopteryx has been an icon in the world of paleontology ever since the first one was uncovered in 1861.

- BY JIM BRACE-THOMPSON

Called the “Urvogel” by the Germans who discovered it in Solnhofen, Bavaria, this Jurassic fossil was instantly considered the missing link between non-avian dinosaurs and avian dinosaurs, AKA birds. Remarkably, given its fame, only 13 specimens have been described in all the years since.

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हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।

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