[DOC] [TLE] Archaeopteryx: Facts about the Transitional Fossil - Live Science [PAR] Mar 16, 2016 ... Scientists long thought Archaeopteryx was the first bird, but recent discoveries ... 
With its blend of avian and reptilian features, it was long viewed as the earliest 
known bird. Discovered in 1860 in Germany, it's sometimes referred to as ... the 
late Jurassic Period  in what is now Bavaria, southern Germany. [DOC] [TLE] Archaeopteryx - Wikipedia [PAR] Archaeopteryx sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel is a genus of 
bird-like ... Between the late nineteenth century and the early twenty-first century, 
... that have been discovered come from the Solnhofen limestone in Bavaria, .... 
As in the wings of modern birds, the flight feathers of Archaeopteryx were... [DOC] [TLE] Specimens of Archaeopteryx - Wikipedia [PAR] Archaeopteryx fossils from the quarries of Solnhofen limestone represent the 
most famous and ... The initial discovery, a single feather, was unearthed in 1860 
or 1861 and ... The feather was discovered in the partition of the Solnhofen 
Community .... At first he referred to a single feather which appeared like a 
modern bird's... [DOC] [TLE] The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany [PAR] These lagoons were cut off from the ocean and also from terrestrial runoff. ... 
Today, in the state of Bavaria, in region between Nuremberg and Munich, these 
carbonate muds ... Although relatively rare, fossils from the Solnhofen Limestone 
may show exquisite detail, ... and finally, Archaeopteryx itself, the earliest known 
bird. [DOC] [TLE] Solnhofen - The Virtual Fossil Museum [PAR] Fossils of the Solnhofen Limestone - A Jurassic Konservat Lagersttte in 
Germany ... This fossil site in the state of Bavaria in Germany has yielded an 
amazing ... The most famous are the eight fossils of the first bird known in detail, 
Archaeopteryx. The first Archaeopteryx fossil was discovered in 1860, a single 
feather. [DOC] [TLE] GEOL 104 Lecture 24: Theropoda III, Eumaniraptora: Dinosaurs of ... [PAR] Jan 22, 2007 ... All known ones were carnivorous; Had tails stiffened by long rods and ... 4 m long 
Deinonychus of the late Early Cretaceous of North America to 6-7 m ... In 1860, a 
feather (identical to modern birds' feathers) was found in the Solnhofen 
Lithographic Limestone of Bavaria, Germany: a Late Jurassic formation. [DOC] [TLE] Archaeopteryx</I> and the Origin of Birds I [PAR] Birds are one of the most distinctive and transformed groups of modern 
vertebrates. ... With discovery of fossils, other potential relations: pterosaurs had 
big brains, ... as there were apparently know transitional forms between birds and 
other ... was found in the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone of Bavaria, Germany: 
a Late... [DOC] [TLE] A New Dinosaur Has Been Discovered, And He's Hungry ... - Pinterest [PAR] Dinosaurs Archaeopteryx, Bird Scientists, Feathered Animal, Dinosaur .... 
Discovered in the 1860s, Archaeopteryx was the first fossil evidence linking birds 
to dinosaurs. .... The Solnhofen (Germany) limestone is the world's most famous 
fossil site. ...... Non-avian dinosaurs were found to have "bird brains", larger than 
that of... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter [PAR] about bird origins, which suggests that dinosaurs are still here today? .... 
Archaeopteryx; the feather, which was found in 1860, is presumed to be from this 
... lithographica of the Solnhofen Limestone, Bavaria, ... of downy feathers, which 
were not used for flight either. ... Overall, the fossil record for birds improves 
dramatically. [DOC] [TLE] Archaeopteryx - Details - Encyclopedia of Life [PAR] Archaeopteryx lithographica is the earliest known bird. ... Archaeopteryx fossils 
have been found only in the Atlmuhl valley in Bavaria, Germany. ... 
Archaeopteryx had a bird-like brain with large areas that co-ordinated flight, 
balance and sight ..... The islands that surrounded the Solnhofen lagoon were 
low lying, semi-arid... [DOC] [TLE] A brief history of dinosaur paleobiology - University of Bristol's ... [PAR] First finds. The first dinosaur bones must have been found in ancient times, but 
no .... these early dinosaur bones since there were no modern animals like them. 
.... found an isolated

Question: Bird brains know the fossils of this early bird were first found in Solnhofen, Bavaria in the 1860s
Answer: Archaeopteryx