For over 150 years, Archaeopteryx has been the poster child of bird evolution. Discovered in Germany’s Solnhofen limestones, this iconic fossil has long symbolized the transitional phase between ...

Until now, Archaeopteryx was the only unquestionable bird known from the Jurassic, which ended roughly 145 million years ago. "This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably ...

There is, however, scarce fossil evidence of this early transformation. In fact, the feathered Archaeopteryx—seen as an intermediate link between dinosaurs and modern avians—was the single ...