Archaeopteryx

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(Paleon.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

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archaeopteryx - extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds Synonyms: Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx

Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx, bird, genus Archaeopteryx, genus Archeopteryx