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⏩Write a note on Archaeopteryx?
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ARCHAEOPTERYX
▪It is a missing link between reptiles and birds.
(The connecting link which are not found in present times are called as missing link )
▫I ts Fossil was discovered by Andreas Wagner from Bavaria in Germany.
▪It was found in the rock of Jurassic period.
▫It having both the character of reptilian and Avian.
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REPTILIAN CHARACTER
▪long lizzrard like tail with free caudal vertebrate.
▫non pneumatic bone.
▪weak sternum .
▫teeth present in jaw.
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AVIAN CHARACTER
▪feathers on body.
▫Jaws modified into beak.
▪forelimbs are modified into wings.
▫Hindlimbs built into Avian plan.
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Answer:
ARCHEOPTERYX
It is the missing link between reptiles and birds . Its fossils were first discovered by Andreas Wagner in Germany .
It had both reptilian as well as avian characters .
Reptilian characters →
Long lizard like tail
non pneumatic bones
weak sternum
teeth present in jaw
Avian characters →
feathers present
forelimbs modified into wings
jaws modified into beak