ArchaeopteryxDR - Extended License by Dinoraul
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Archaeopteryx lithographica is the earliest and most primitive bird known.It lived in the late Jurassic Period around 150–145 million years ago, in what is now southern Germany during a time when Europe was an archipelago of islands in a shallow warm tropical sea, much closer to the equator than it is now.
Archaeopteryx could grow to about 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in length. Despite its small size, broad wings, and inferred ability to fly or glide, Archaeopteryx has more in common with small theropod dinosaurs than it does with modern birds.The features above make Archaeopteryx the first clear candidate for a transitional fossil between dinosaurs and birds.