It was among more than 1,900 Solnhofen fossils bought from Dr Karl Haberlein in 1862 for £700. Archaeopteryx shows a unique combination of dinosaur and bird characters. It is one of the few fossils ...
The fossil studied by Hone and his team was discovered in a limestone quarry in Solnhofen in the Franconia region of Bavaria. The fine limestone deposits of the region make it a paleontologist's ...