The Munich Specimen of the Transitional Bird <i>Archaeopteryx</i> (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The Munich Specimen of the Transitional Bird <i>Archaeopteryx</i>

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The Munich specimen of the transitional bird Archaeopteryx. It preserves a partial skull (top left), shoulder girdle and both wings slightly raised up (most left to center left), the ribcage (center), and the pelvic girdle and both legs in a 'cycling' posture (right); all connected by the vertebral column from the neck (top left, under the skull) to the tip of the tail (most right). Imprints of its wing feathers are visible radiating from below the shoulder and vague imprints of the tail plumage can be recognized extending from the tip of the tail.

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Credits: ESRF/Pascal Goetgheluck

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