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the late triassic , more than million years ago, or from theropod dinosaurs in the more recent cretaceous , about - million years ago. the two camps, understandably, view differently where archaeopteryx fits in the scheme between reptiles, or dinosaurs, and modern birds. since its timely discovery in
in textbooks and the public media. nonetheless, despite the significance attributed to this species, archaeopteryx does not significantly illuminate possible transitions between reptiles/ dinosaurs and birds, since it appears in the fossil record fully formed, with a lack of any transitional forms between...
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