In 1861, a single feather found in a limestone quarry became the fossil that bridged the gap between dinosaurs and birds

In 1861, a Bavarian quarry yielded a fossilised feather, soon followed by the Archaeopteryx skeleton, a creature with bird ...
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A rare feather just sold for $28,000, making it worth 40 times as much as gold by weight

A feather of the extinct huia songbird just sold in New Zealand for about $28,000. That makes it worth about $3,153 per gram, or 40 times as much as gold's $77 per gram in New Zealand. The huia's ...
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Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world

A rare feather from an extinct New Zealand bird set a record at auction after selling for $46,521 NZD ($28,400 USD), the Webb's auction house announced Monday. The huia bird, of the wattlebird family, ...
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First Fossil Feather Ever Found Belonged to This Dinosaur

To settle a lengthy debate, a team of paleontologists says the specimen unearthed in the 19th century was shed by an archaeopteryx. By Lucas Joel The feather looks like any feather you might find on ...