The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany
Abstract
From an initial isolated position as the oldest evolutionary prototype of a bird, Archaeopteryx has, as a result of recent fossil discoveries, become embedded in a rich phylogenetic context of both more and less crownward stem-group birds. This has prompted debate over whether Archaeopteryx is simply a convergently bird-like non-avialan theropod. Here we show, using the first synchrotron microtomographic examination of the genus, that the eighth...
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Title
The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany
Published Date
Oct 24, 2018
Journal
Volume
31
Issue
1
Pages
3 - 63
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