Iton '''Archaeopteryx''' in henus han [[theropoda]] nga dinosauro nga harani nga kasumpay ha mga [[tamsi]]. Nabubuhi an Archaeopteryx sadton ''Late Jurassic'' mga 150 milyones katuig an nakalabay, sa Germany na sa panahon na iton, an Europa usa pa na ''archipelago'' san usa na mababaw na tropikal na dagat.
An Archaeopteryx may ada sulang na may mga magtarum na ngipon, tulo na kuramoy, hilaba na ikog na may tul'an, ''hyperextensible'' na ikaduha na kuramoy ''("killing claw")'', barahibo na pantamsi, nganmagkadurudilainngan magkadurudilain na ''features'' san iya ''skeleton''.<ref>Yalden D. W. (1984). "What size was Archaeopteryx?". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 82 (1–2): 177–188. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb00541.x.</ref> <ref>L. M. Chiappe; L. M. Witme, eds. (2002). Mesozoic birds: above the heads of dinosaurs. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-520-20094-4.</ref> Ini na mga kinaiya amo in nagsisiring na an Archaeopteryx usa na ''transitional fossil'' san ''non-avian dinosaur'' ngan tamsi.<ref>Archaeopteryx: An Early Bird – University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved 18 October 2006.</ref> <ref>Ancient birds flew on all fours Archived 3 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Nick Longrich, University of Calgary. Discusses how many wings an Archaeopteryx had and other questions.</ref>
