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The Source Book

This is meant to be or become a collection of primary historical material relating to Archaeopteryx and its study. Much of it is translated into English from German and other languages. For additional material you may visit my Gerhard Heilmann pages.

All comments, as well as other interesting material, are most welcome. You may send them to Ilja Nieuwland, Balsemienlaan 138, Den Haag, The Netherlands, or you can e-mail me at ilja@archaeopteryx.nl.

The Source Book now contains these items:

  1. Hermann von Meyer, “Archaeopteryx lithographica”, from: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1861), 678-9.
  2. Andreas Wagner, “On a new reptile, supposedly furnished with feathers”, from: Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 2, Heft II (1861), 146-154.
  3. Ferenc Nopcsa, Remarks to Petronievics’ Work on Archaeopteryx lithographica, in: Annales Géologiques de la Péninsule Balkanique, Tome VIII, fasc. 2 (Sofia, 1926).
  4. From: , Cope: Master Naturalist: The Life and Letters of Edward Drinker Cope (Arno Press reprint, New York 1978 [1931]).
  5. From: Gavin de Beer, Archaeopteryx lithographica. A Study Based upon the British Museum Specimen (Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1954), pp. 54-57.
  6. From: M. Reichel, « l’Archéoptéryx. Un ancêtre des Oiseaux », in : Nos Oiseaux. Bulletin de la Société Romande pour l’étude et la Protection des Oiseaux, No. 159 (Décembre 1941), pp. 93-107 (avec dessins de l’auteur).