The Rediscovery of Archaeopteryx (Vol. II): Archaeopteryx's hatchlings

Description: This could be the greatest fossil rediscovery of all time. Ground breaking findings went unnoticed for over 140 years on the Mona Lisa of fossils – the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx –, despite its display before millions of visitors and scrutiny by generations of researchers. The most famous fossil in the world had its eggs and babies hiding in plain sight as explained not only to specialists but also to the general public in The Rediscovery of Archaeopteryx. Archaeopteryx became the icon of the theory of evolution for featuring an animal thought to represent a transitional stage that preceded the appearance of today’s birds. An investigation into the disruptive hypothesis that its fossilized pose corresponds to a nesting posture, rather than being the carcass of an animal that sunk into the bottom of a Jurassic lagoon, is described in this book series. Following the description of Archaeopteryx’s non-rigid eggs in Volume I, hatchlings are described in this volume from not only the Berlin but also the Teylers specimen of Archaeopteryx. Some fossilized after dying while hatching from their eggs and others in clinging poses with surface morphology preservation from head to tail. These discoveries transform biology.284 pages

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