Over 164 years, researchers have pored over every detail of available Archaeopteryx specimens, so you might expect that such a well-studied fossil species wouldn’t be capable of surprises. But in a new paper, a team of researchers revealed previously unrecorded soft tissues and skeletal details from a new specimen, known as the Chicago Archaeopteryx.
—via the #NYTimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/archaeopteryx-dinosaur-feathers-flight.html
#ScienceMastodon #Paleontology
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