TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Surprise in Limestone 5 CHAPTER 2 Feathered Fossils 11 DIGGING DEEPER How Flight Began 18 CHAPTER 3 Late Jurassic Life 21 CHAPTER 4 An Important Link 27 Focus on Archaeopteryx 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 A SURPRISE IN LIMESTONE In 1861 workers at a quarry in Germany Imade a startling discovery The workers were mining blocks of limestone When they split one block open they found a fossil of an ancient animal The animal had four limbs and a long tail It looked like a small dinosaur Yet something about the fossil was odd Archaeopteryx fossils often include the imprints of feathers claws or
