Archaeopteryx

My pictures of real and cast specimens of Archaeopteryx, from a visit to Solnhofen and Eichstätt in August 2014.

Solnhofen

6th (Solnhofen) specimen (actual)

11th specimen “to come” notice

9th (Bürgermeister-Müller) specimen (actual)

1st (London) specimen (cast)

2nd (Berlin) specimen (cast)

Archaeopteryx interactive display

Eichstätt

5th (Eichstätt) specimen (actual)

5th (Eichstätt) specimen (actual, counterpart)

casts of first 6 specimens (+ feather)

Archaeopteryx feather (cast)

[Archaeopteryx lithographica, Family Archaeopterygidae, Order Avialae, Wikipedia Entry: Specimens of Archaeopteryx]

On 26 October 2022, the real London specimen of Archaeopteryx, together with its counterpart were photographed in the Natural History Museum in London.

1st (London) specimen (actual)

1st (London) specimen (actual, counterpart)