Archaeopteryx

archaeopteryx Archäopteryx archæopteryx Translingual thumb|Archaeopteryx lithographica species (Solenhofener Specimen) Etymology From mul grc ἀρχαῖος ancient with grc πτέρυξ wing. Proper noun †1 f genus family Archaeopterygidae family known from fossils and widely accepted as the earliest and most primitive known bird mul Archaeornis en mul 2023-06-03 w:Carl Zimmer How Did Birds First Take Off? w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/science/bird-flight-evolution.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250828181404/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/science/bird-flight-evolution.html 28 August 2025 Descendants en archaeopteryx 1 archeopteryx 1 el αρχαιοπτέρυξ 1 αρχαιοπτέρυγα 1 Further reading 1 1 1 39240 mul Birds