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Archaeopteryx
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Archaeopteryx skeleton
How are birds and dinosaurs related?
Archaeopteryx: The holy grail of fossils
The origins of birds. Archaeopteryx bird evolution structural relationships
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archaeopteryx summary
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How are birds and dinosaurs related?
If some dinosaurs had feathers, does that make them birds?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Archaeopteryx: The holy grail of fossils
Archaeopteryx is the earliest known dinosaur that's also a bird.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Archaeopteryx skeleton
Archaeopteryx skeleton, cast made from a fossil found in limestone matrix.
Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx, a late Jurassic dinosaur, is also considered the first known...
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bird evolution
Four stages in the evolution of modern birds.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
structural relationships
Structural relationship between Troodon (a dinosaur) and Archaeopteryx...
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The origins of birds.
Join the search for how birds evolved from Mesozoic-era dinosaurs in our interactive.
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