[Byron K. Butler: Archaeopteryx]

[Les Eastman <lreastma@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil>]

>From Les Eastman -  Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
lreastma@apgea.army.mil

The following msg was on BIRDCHAT.  I though some of you here might
be interested, particularly in the annoucement in the last paragraph.

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Date:         Sun, 3 Apr 1994 17:05:44 EDT
From:         "Byron K. Butler" <BBUTLER@YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>
Organization: Yale University
Subject:      Archaeopteryx
To:           Multiple recipients of list BIRDCHAT 
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From: Byron K. Butler, Yale University, New Haven, CT

The formal description of the newly discovered (Aug, 1992) 7th specimen of
Archaeopteryx came out at the end of January. The reference is given below.
While this paper is written in German, there are both German and English
abstracts and all figures come with captions in both languages. There is new
information in this 7th specimen that is not found in the previous ones.

Wellnhofer, P. 1994. Das siebte Exemplar von Archaeopteryx aus den Solnhofener
Schichten. Archaeopteryx 11:1-47. [To clarify possible confustion, the name of
the journal is also "Archaeopteryx", the article is in volume 11 of this
journal.  If you need to go through interlibrary loan you may like to know tha
the Yale Univ. Kline Geology Library is a subscriber to this journal.]

I also understand that we are to expect an announcement of this soon in either
Nature or Science, however, I have not yet seen anything.

Announcement:  The Yale Ornithological Society is presenting a 2 hour workshop
on Archaeopteryx on April 14th, 1994 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in Room 226 in the
Kline Geology Laboratory. Dr. John Ostrom, discoverer of the 4th specimen, will
talk on the origins of birds, origins of flight, origins of feathers, and on
his discovery of the 4th specimen.  We will have on display casts of the first
six specimens of "Archy" (as those in the field call it), Yale is the only
place in the world where you can see all six casts together. Dr. Ostrom will
explain the features in these fossils and compare Archaeopteryx to dinosaurs
and to modern birds. There will also be members of the Yale Bird/Dinosaur
Study Group on had to assist Dr. Ostrom in answering questions.  We will have
other fossil bird and dinosaur material on display for comparison as well as
modern bird skeletons. This will be an excellent opportunity to participate in
a rare event.  If you are in the area and would like to drop by please know
you are welcome -- please let me know ahead of time if you plan to come so I
can better estimate the number of handouts I will need to have ready.

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