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| Podopteryx (now Sharovipteryx) from Russia. A gliding thecodont (reptile) with "hand to foot" membrane much like a flying squirrel. The earliest known flying vertebrate (Triassic period) slab 81/2x4in. Wt: 1 oz ......$ 29. |
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The Archaeopteryx Story
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The earliest known bird, is represented by only six specimens on limestone slabs found in Bavaria, Germany. The quarry where they were discovered is part of the Solnhofen limestone formation which is late Jurassic in age (152 million years old). The quarry operation is principley for lithographic printing and building materials. Workmen often discover fossils while splitting the stone. Formed originally by marine deposits, fish and other sea life are most often discovered, however, many pterosaurs, lizard-like reptiles, a tiny dinosaur and six fossil birds have been found through out the years. These earliest known birds are not considered to be on the main line of avian evolution, but on a specialized sideline. The story begins with the discovery of a single feather in 1861, proving birds existed during Jurassic times. Just a few months later, an entire skeleton was found, surprising scientists with a beak full of socketed teeth. It also had a long bony tail and three sharply clawed wing-fingers. If it had not come with feathers, it would have been identified as a small dinosaur! The first specimen was purchased by the London Museum, which irritated the German people so much, that when another one was discovered in 1877, it was purchased by a rich, German industrialist and donated to the Humboldt University Museum in Berlin, where it resides today in a locked vault. Four others have been found, none with the beauty of the Berlin specimen. This robin-sized bird reclines in a natural position with open wings displaying feathers clearly on a 15 X 18 inch slab. (Also Shown on home page) |
The Famous Maxberg Specimen is also available:We Have casts of the famous missing specimen of Archaeopteryx from Maxberg. We cannot sell this specimen to the general public, but it can be exchanged in institutional swaps. We offer it in trade for casts, or molding loans of dinosaur skulls, pterosaur and bird skeletons. (Large institutional museums may purchase a full set of 4 different specimens. Two of them come with counterparts, making a total of 6 slabs. Included are the Berlin, Eichstatt, Haarlem/Teylor and Maxberg. all for $600. plus shipping. Museums only!) |
![]() Check out our Stenosaurus Crocodile Skeleton L: 18in Wt: 10 lbs......$ 69. |
![]() Or our Proscinetes 110 million year old fish L: 13in Wt: 4 lbs.......$ 49. |
| Other Dinosaur Skulls and Artifacts |
Flying Vertibrates |
Small Specimens |
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Corythosaurus skull Nanosaurus skull Edmontosaurus tooth battery |
Tiny bird skeleton Sandpiper-like fossil bird |
Homeosaurus skeleton Icaronycteris bat skeleton |
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Prehistoric Products Co. - 6535 Deer Canyon Ct - Placerville, CA - 95667
Contact by phone for special products (Shipping is always extra - minimum shipping charge $10.00 - minimum order for shipping overseas is $100.00)
(Maxberg replica and other special items are available for institutional exchanges only): (530) 622-5378