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Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx
This fossil cast shows the remains of an archaeopteryx, a birdlike dinosaur. It had teeth and a long, reptilelike tail covered with feathers. The archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era.
Sinclair Stammers/Science Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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Evolution; Comparative Anatomy; Archosaur; Archaeopteryx
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