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Maja Mielke's avatar

Thank you for this wonderful post! You'll love the Berlin-specimen. I hope you'll be able to visit it!

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Karen Povey's avatar

Thank you so much. I definitely plan to go see it. It is so wonderful to see this fascinating creature :-)

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Juliet Wilson's avatar

Such beautiful fossils. I've always been fascinated by archaeopteryx.

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David B. Williams's avatar

Karen, I would imagine that you know the book "Archaeopteryx: The Icon of Evolution" by Peter Wellhofer. If not, it's an amazing compendium about the fossil.

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Karen Povey's avatar

Thanks, I have not seen that book so I'll take a look!

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Julana's avatar

Karen, Thank you for opening my world to this amazing creature. I’m going to show this to my 6 y/o granddaughter who yesterday told me she wished she could fly.

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Karen Povey's avatar

That's wonderful, Julana. I hope your granddaughter soars!

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Liz Josias's avatar

So interesting and a great read. Thank you for sharing and helping me to learn new things!!!

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Karen Povey's avatar

Your so welcome. I'm glad you liked my nerdy post :-)

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