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Also Known As Archaeopteryx lithographica

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Archaeopteryx skeleton
Archaeopteryx
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structural relationships
How are birds and dinosaurs related?
Archaeopteryx: The holy grail of fossils
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John Ostrom
American paleontologist
Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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Two dinosaur heads showing feeding habits: meat eater ceratosaurus, plant eater psittacosaurus, dinosaurs
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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
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Demystified
Three parasaurolophus stand on a rock beach. Pterasaurs fly over head and a small mammal watches the dinosaurs as they meander along the water's edge.
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