Archaeopteryx

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See also: archaeopteryx, Archäopteryx, and archæopteryx

Translingual

Archaeopteryx lithographica (Solenhofener Specimen)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) with πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”).

Proper noun

†Archaeopteryx f

  1. 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 (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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