extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
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archaeopteryx::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx |
| Type of | bird |
Examples of archaeopteryx
archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx feathers and bone chemistry fully revealed via synchrotron imaging.
From the sciencedaily.com
Archaeopteryx, the first known bird, may have flown, according to a new analysis.
From the newscientist.com
This rendering shows what scientists in Beijing believe archaeopteryx looked like.
From the sfgate.com
Archaeopteryx was a crow-size creature that lived about 150 million years ago.
From the sfgate.com
Archaeopteryx is a genus of theropoddinosaur closely related to the birds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Archaeopteryx possessed the same claw curvature of the foot to that of perching birds.
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Archaeopteryx has historically been considered the first bird, or Urvogel.
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Unlike archaeopteryx, this species didn't have teeth or a reptilian tail.
From the online.wsj.com
Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago, some 25 million years before Microraptor.
From the newscientist.com
- Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
- u2020Archaeopteryx siemensiinDames, 1897
- Archaeopteryx is an interactive computer software program, written in Java, for viewing, editing, and analyzing phylogenetic trees. This type of program can be used for a variety of analyses of molecular data sets, but is particularly designed for phylogenomics. ...
- A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.^[1]
- (AHR-kee-OP-ter-iks)*: The first known bird, Archaeopteryx comes from the fine-grained limestone of Western Germany. Although reports of fossil birds had been circulating in Germany as early as 1820, and the first feather impression shortly afterwards, the first skeleton came to light in 1861. ...
- Extinct species of perching bird (known from fossils) with teeth, wing claws, and a bony tail
- A bird of the Jurassic period which had teeth, a lizard-like tail, and well-developed wings
- An extinct toothed bird that had a bony, feathered tail and claws.
