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/ɑɹkiˈɒptəɹɪks/ · noun
(paleontology) 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..
Since Pterosaurians are triassic and the Archæopteryges jurassic we are justified in regarding the actual chronology of external integument in the geological strata as : first, scale ; second, hair ; and third, feather. This inspires us to make a wider appeal to geology in order to have a comprehensive sketch of the avian sequence.
Use archeopteryx when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Archeopteryx means (paleontology) 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..
Common synonyms include archaeopteryx, archaeopteryx lithographica.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Since Pterosaurians are triassic and the Archæopteryges jurassic we are justified in regarding the actual chronology of external integument in the geological strata as : first, scale ; second, hair ; and third, feather. This inspires us to make a wider appeal to geology in order to have a comprehensive sketch of the avian sequence.
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