Archaeopteryx

Fossils have been found of a feathered dinosaur, known as Archaeopteryx, which is thought to have been a stepping stone between dinosaurs and modern birds.

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Other areas of recent interest have been the ‘necks for sex’ hypothesis, Nick Longrich’s paper on ‘leg-wings’ in Archaeopteryx, and gigantic feral cats.

Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

Other areas of recent interest have been the ‘necks for sex’ hypothesis, Nick Longrich’s paper on ‘leg-wings’ in Archaeopteryx, and gigantic feral cats.

Controversial origins of the domestic dog Darren Naish 2006

Science via Associated Press Yet the earliest and most primitive bird known is a lizard-like bird called Archaeopteryx, left, discovered in Germany.

Early 'Birds' 2009

Shortly after he published his landmark tome, researchers in Germany discovered the fossil remains of a 150 million-year-old lizard-like bird called Archaeopteryx that combines fully developed feathers with more primitive features of a small carnivorous dinosaur.

An Ancient Quill Rewrites Dinosaur History 2009

In short, Archaeopteryx presumably was not an ancestral bird.

NYT > Home Page By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD 2011

One of the iconic fossils that supports Darwin's theory of evolution is called the Archaeopteryx and it was recently flown out to Stanford University for an unusual test.

Museum Blogs 2009

In September 2006 Longrich argued that that earliest known ancestor of birds, a feathered creature called Archaeopteryx, likely flew with wings on all four limbs after examining fossils originally collected in Germany in 1861.

Scientific Blogging 2008

"Archaeopteryx" sounds like one of those quaint ways of feminizing a job name: like aviatrix for aviator.

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Why did the Designer made so many “dead ends” such as Archaeopteryx?

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