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Professor H. von Meyer gave the name Archseopteryx lithographica 

 (because this stone is much used by lithographers). Later on 

 came the discovery of a magnificent and almost complete speci- 



FIG. 79. The Berlin Arcltcnopteryx. (After Darnes.) 

 From the Solenhofen Limestone. 



men, with beautiful impressions of the feathers. This was named 

 by Owen A. macrura, on account of its long tail. The specimen 

 is to be seen in the Natural History Museum; it was only 



