Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The palaeontological importance of Germany is world-famous and includes sites such as the Messel Pit, Solnhofen, the Posidonia Shale, and much more! Join the BoneHeads crew on their field trip around this amazing country, and visit a museum housing an impressive reconstruction of what may be one of the largest flying animals ever!

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Sources:
peerj.com/articles/4191
researchgate.net/publication/228707898_A_new_genus_and_species_for_the_largest_specimen_of_Archaeopteryx
peerj.com/articles/13173
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031945
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1203238109
mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/4/158
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0:00 - Introduction
1:24 - Fossil hunting in the Solnhofen Limestone
7:38 - Visiting the Solnhofen Museum
15:05 - Visiting Dinosaurier Museum Altmühltal
16:08 - The Dinosaur Park
24:13 - 'Little Al' and other amazing fossils
28:44 - Meeting Dracula
31:36 - Going eye level with a T. rex!
38:39 - Behind the scenes at Stuttgart Natural History Museum
45:35 - Outro