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Archaeopteryx is believed to be a link between which modern animal group?
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Archaeopteryx is not believed to be an ancestor to any modern animals. However, it was probably closely related to the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.
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The extinct animal archaeopteryx is believed to be a link between two modern animal groups which are they?
Birds and reptiles.
What did the archaeopteryx have that modern birds do not?
Archaeopteryx had three things that modern birds don't. First, they had a long tail. Second, they had three clawed fingers on the front fringe of their wings. Thirdly, they had a toothed beak.
How does Archaeopteryx provide evidence for evolution?
Archaeopteryx lithographica is a specimen of early bird that still shows many traits characteristic of theropod dinosaurs. As such, they are a morphological intermediate between theropods and modern birds, confirming the hypothesis that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
What did the archaeopteryx have that modern birds don't?
Archaeopteryx had teeth in its jaw, claws on its wings (only seen today in the hoatzin), and bones running the length of its tail.
Why did Archaeopteryx become extinct?
In a way no due to it just evolving into modern birds, it was in a kingdom aves (birds) but the exact Archaeopteryx is not a living thing anymore.
Are modern birds more closely related to archaeopteryx or the first reptiles?
A evolutionary form of a bird. It had wings and feathers but still probably acted like a dinosaur but im not sure.
What is a bird's first flight called?
A baby bird that is just learning to fly is called a fledgling.
Did archaeopteryx have long bony tails?
Archaeopteryx had three features that modern birds do not have. One of these is a long, bony tail. They also had a toothed beak and three clawed fingers on each wing.
What traits are shared by the archaeopteryx and moderrn birds?
Archaeopteryx had three main features that modern birds do not. First, they had a toothed beak. Second, they had three fingers on the front fringe of the wing. Third, they had a long bony tail.
What five probable ancestors of the modern bird robin are shown on the cladogram?
Theropods - Allosaurus - Sinornis - Velociraptor - Archaeopteryx
What are the similarities and differences between science and astrology?
Is astrology still believed in the modern world?
Why is archaeopteryx important in the theory of evolution and what evidence it can prove?
It was important because Darwin's theory of evolution predicted the existence of "transitional" fossils; evidence that animal groups (in archaeopteryx's case) such as birds and reptiles had common ancestors. Archaeopteryx had feathers, like modern birds, but also teeth and a bony tail - which no modern bird has.It was also important because of the timing of its discovery; Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published in 1859, in 1861 the first complete specimen of archaeopteryx was discovered (a feather had been discovered earlier). It provided such timely and compelling supportive evidence that some people claimed it was a fake. Since then, 9 further specimens have been found - essentially ruling out that possibility.
