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Definition of Archeopteryx
1. Noun. Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.
Generic synonyms: Bird
Group relationships: Genus Archaeopteryx, Genus Archeopteryx
Definition of Archeopteryx
1. Noun. A specimen of the species ''Archaeopteryx lithographica'', being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archeopteryx
Literary usage of Archeopteryx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"In archeopteryx the embryonal separation persists ... The author assigns to the
fossil animal the name of archeopteryx ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Describe archeopteryx, distinguishing the reptilian from the avian characters.
10. Under what conditions were the lithographic slates of Solenhofen ..."
3. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"reptiles passes to the birds last named from the Dinosauria rather than from the
Pterodactyls, through archeopteryx- like forms to the ordinary birds. ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... as many as eleven free caudal vertebrae; only in the extinct archeopteryx of
the upper oolitic period was the tail a conspicuous appendage to the trunk, ..."
5. Studies in the Evolution of Animals by Emanuel Bonavia (1895)
"As the whole arm can be suppressed in one birth, so, I imagine, could the
archeopteryx have had its long tail shortened to the little stump of the modern ..."
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