n “Archaeopteryx is not ancestral of any
group of modern birds.”
nLarry Martin, Univ. of Kansas paleontologist,
1985
nMost paleontologists now believe that it is
not an ancestor of
the modern bird, but a bird itself!
nArchaeopteryx has been abandoned and the search for missing links continues.
nArchaeoraptor from China turned out to be a fabrication! – published by Nat. Geographic
in 1999.
nBambiraptor unveiled at Florida conference in 2000.
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