Fossil Friday: Archeopteryx

[purplecat]

One of my dinosaur books rather dubiously claims that Archeopteryx is "perhaps the most famous extinct organism in the world". I find this doubtful - surely Tyrannosaurus Rex holds that distinction?





Still, the discovery of the first Archeopteryx fossil in 1861 is a hugely important point in the history of our understanding of dinosaurs, bird evolution and evolution in general. B. has occasionally bombarded Archeopteryx specimens with fundamental particles.

Comments

Wither the Brontosaurus?

[ed_rex]

Agreed, T. Rex is much more famous than Archeopteryx. I'd hazard the guess that even old Brontosaurus (or whatever "he" is nowadays named) is ahead of the old bird.

I wonder if the author of your book wasn't an ornithologist in their second career; certainly a good case can be made that Archeopteryx should be the world's most famous, er, extinct organism. (But that wording ...!)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It's got to be T Rex

[vocatus-fortis.livejournal.com]

I'd say the dodo was the most famous.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

"B. has occasionally bombarded Archeopteryx specimens with fundamental particles."

Some people juggle geese... :-)

[liadt]

I hope no archaeopteryx were hurt by the bombarding!

What about brontosaurus;p