'Archaeopteryx - The Missing Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds'

This exhibition from the Department of Geology at the National Museum of Wales examines the history of the discovery of the famous Archaeopteryx specimens from the discovery of the first one in 1861 right up to the present day. Only eleven specimens of this famous ‘missing link’ have ever been found, and they all originate from the late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany, a lagerstätten, or rock showing fossils with exceptional preservation. The fine-grained rocks preserve details which are never usually seen fossilised. Insect wings, soft-bodied fossils and feathers are all equally well preserved. Archaeopteryx has long been known as the missing-link between dinosaurs and birds, and recent discoveries in China proving the existence of earlier feathered dinosaurs helps prove this evolutionary lineage.

Suitable for
Any age

Admission
Tickets include the whole Museum & Art Gallery. Adult £4, senior £3.50, child £2, student £3.60, family £10.

Website
http://www.shrewsburymuseum.org.uk/events/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/wm000021?id=EVENT528598