Archaeopteryx

(noun)

a taxonomic genus within the family Archaeopterygidae, known from fossils and widely accepted as the earliest and most primitive known bird

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Examples of Archaeopteryx in the following topics:

  • Evolution of Birds

    • One important fossil of an animal intermediate to dinosaurs and birds is Archaeopteryx, which is from the Jurassic period and has characteristics of both dinosaurs and birds .
    • The fossilized skeleton of Archaeopteryx looks like that of a dinosaur.
    • (a) Archaeopteryx lived in the late Jurassic Period around 150 million years ago.