Archaeopteryx
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) with πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”).
Proper noun
[edit]†Archaeopteryx f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Archaeopterygidae – known from fossils and widely accepted as the earliest and most primitive known bird.
- Synonym: Archaeornis
- 2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times[1] (in English):
- The first big clue to the origin of birds came in 1861, when quarry workers in Solnhofen, Germany, found a spectacular fossil of a 145-million-year-old bird that came to be called Archaeopteryx. It had feathered wings like living birds, but also had traits found in reptiles, such as teeth, claws and a long bony tail.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Archaeopteryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Archaeopteryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Archaeopteryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Archaeopteryx at Paleobiology Database