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Science 24 June 1988:
Vol. 240. no. 4860, p. 1790
DOI: 10.1126/science.240.4860.1790
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A New Speciment of Archaeopteryx

Peter Wellnhofer 1

1 Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10/2, 800 München 2, Federal Republic of Germany

A new specimen of the primordial bird Archaeopteryx is reported from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria. This "Solnhofen specimen" is the largest of now six skeletal specimens and shows dose similarities with the London specimen. It is therefore assigned to Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer. Clear impressions of the feather shafts of the left wing are preserved.


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