Long considered to be the first true bird, Archaeopteryx may well have been a dinosaur, albeit one well advanced toward the bird end of the evolutionary spectrum. Here are some basic facts about Archaeopteryx:
Profile of Archaeopteryx
10 Facts About Archaeopteryx
Profile of Microraptor, a feathered dinosaur similar to Archaeopteryx
Profile of Hermann von Meyer, the paleontologist who named Archaeopteryx
Profile of Solnhofen, the fossil site where Archaeopteryx was discovered
Profile of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, the only North American museum with an Archaeopteryx fossil
A gallery of Archaeopteryx pictures
Archaeopteryx may be the most famous feathered dinosaur, but countless other "dino-birds" have been discovered, providing more evidence about how dinosaurs evolved into birds:
Dino-Birds - The Small, Feathered Dinosaurs
The Origins of Flight - How the First Feathered Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
Sinosauropteryx - The First Feathered Dinosaur?
Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded?
