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fills a large gap between reptiles and birds, archaeopteryx has been referred to as a missing link (mayr ). at one point, it was also widely considered a direct ancestor of modern birds, but many current paleontologists view it now as a side branch. there are divergent theories on whether birds arose
from archosaurian reptiles in 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...
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