Archaeopteryx
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Archaeopteryx lithographica |
Archaeopteryx is classified as late Jurassic, and dated by evolutionary dating methods at 150 million years. It was the first of the so called feathered Dinosaurs.
Archaeopteryx was a fully flying and perching bird (though it has an unfused spine, no bill, a reptillian skull, adult teeth, no reptilian snout and bony tail, features seen in no modern bird). Recent discoveries seem to have shown that there are enough similarities between Archaeopteryx and Dromaeosaur that can be considered varieties of the same created kind. This includes evidence from Dromaeosaur's feathers, that it could fly.
Archaeopteryx is dated as 20 million years older than Dromaeosaur. Archaeopteryx could not have evolved from Dromaeosaur. In fact Archaeopteryx is older than most of its alleged ancestors which is a BIG problem for evolutionists, assuming total and complete replacement (thus extinction) of the original species.
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Archaeopteryx's features
Avian features
- Feathers are present. No other modern animals except birds have feathers.
- Archaeopteryx had opposable hallux (Big toe). It is a character of birds and not dinosaurs. A reverse toe is however found in theropod dinosaurs and some other dinosaurs.
- Furcula (wishbone) formed of two clavicles fused together in the midline.
- Publis elongate and direct backwards.
- Bones are pneumatic.
Reptilian features
- Premaxilla and maxilla are not horn-covered. (or bills are not present).
- Trunk region and vertebra are fused. But is other birds they are always fused.
- Necks are attached to skull from the rear as in dinosaurs not from below as in modern birds.
- Archaeopteryx had a long bony tail.
- Archaeopteryx had teeth.
- Nasal opening are far forward and ate separated from the eye by a large preorbital fenestra (hole). This is typical of reptiles, but not of birds. Fenestra when present in birds when present is greatly reduced, and is involved in prokinesis (movement of the beak).
Related References
Creationist References
- Archaeopteryx is NOT a hoax — it is a true bird, not a ‘missing link’
- Is the fossil bird Archaeopteryx an evolutionary missing link?
Secular References
- Dromaeosaurid Archaeopteryx
- news@nature.com - Flying dinosaur had 'bird brain'
- All about Archaeopteryx
- Archaeopteryx Wikipedia
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See Also
- Birds
- Transitional forms
- Paleozoology
- Transition from diapsid reptiles to birds Response to Talk.Origins
