The fossil feather’s discovery site is less than 1.5 miles from the sites of four of the 13 known Archaeopteryx fossils. What’s more, all five fossils fossilized within about 165,000 years of ...

To settle a lengthy debate, a team of paleontologists says the specimen unearthed in the 19th century was shed by an archaeopteryx. By Lucas Joel The feather looks like any feather you might find ...

The first-ever dinosaur feather discovered does indeed belong to the archaeopteryx, according to a new study, putting an end to a controversy that has waged within the scientific community for ...

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When found out of context, an isolated feather fossil presents a serious headache for paleontologists. Such is the case for a 150-million-year-old feather found at a German limestone quarry in 1861.

A fossilized feather first unearthed in 1861 in Germany. New research suggests the feather came from the bird-like dinosaur Archaeopteryx. Museum fur Naturkunde New research may settle a decades ...

Still, this one feather is enough to leave an indelible mark on Carney. "I got a tattoo of the feather on the 150th anniversary that Archaeopteryx's scientific name was published," he said.

They report that the feathers, for instance, have similar widths, lengths and curvatures. After overlaying an outline of the 1861 feather atop a fossil archaeopteryx wing, the team also found that ...