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Early toothed bird (cast)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Feathers were later adapted into aerodynamic surfaces—a key innovation for the origin of flight.
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Details
- Title: Early toothed bird (cast)
- Location: Solnhofen Formation, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: L: 40.5 cm W: 48.8 cm Depth: 2.3 cm
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): PAL509741
- Scientific Name: <i>Archaeopteryx lithographica</i>
- Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 152–151 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Mesozoic - Jurassic - Upper/Late
- Field: Paleobiology
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