1857年,德国巴伐利亚州发现始祖鸟化石。当时由于未能发现羽毛化石被描述为翼龙。4年以后的1861年,发现了羽毛,被化石保存下来的鸟被命名为始祖鸟。从此,始祖鸟被世界古生物学家确认为鸟类的祖先。并统治世界教科书130年。在我国至1987年出版的《古生物学》还认为始祖鸟是侏罗纪的“唯一代表”。然而130年后,这个西方神话却被在中国北票发现的鸟化石打破了。 In 1857, German Archeopteryx fossils were discovered in Bavaria, Germany. Feathers at that time were described as pterosaurs because of the failure to find them. Four years later, in 1861, the feathers were found and the fossilized preserved bird was named Archeopteryx. Since then, Archeopteryx was recognized by the world paleontologists as the ancestors of birds. And rule the world textbooks for 130 years. Paleontology, published in our country until 1987, also considered Archeopteryx as the “only representative” of the Jurassic. However, 130 years later, this western myth was broken by bird fossils found in Beipiao, China.