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The Great Archaeopteryx Debates Continue
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(The Thermopolis specimen of Archaeopteryx at the Wyoming Dinosaur Centre.) October 26, 2011 - by Brian Switek on Smithsonianmag.com
Since the time the English anatomist Richard Owen described Archaeopteryx as the “by-fossil-remains-oldest-known feathered Vertebrate” in 1863, the curious creature has been widely regarded as the earliest known bird. Lately, though, the status of...
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