Eduard Opitsch (1 February 1900 — 20 February 1991) was a German quarry owner whose name is associated to a specimen of the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx, the Maxberg specimen.
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The so-called Maxberg specimen of Archeopteryx lithographica has been discovered in 1956 in his quarry in Langenaltheim.
Biological specimen | A male ''Labidura riparia'' specimen in Köpenick | Maxberg specimen | Specimen stamp | ''Phyllodesmium briareum'' (one specimen at the bottom of the image) looks very similar to the soft coral | Live specimen of ''Pinna nobilis'', in Levanto, Liguria | Fossil specimen of ''Jeholodens jenkinsi | A small specimen of ''Mopalia mucosa'' covered in and surrounded by encrusting ''Lithothamnion |