Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Archaeopteryx

A very intriguing and important fossil is that of Archaeopteryx found in Germany in the 1860s. About 150 million years old, the Archaeopteryx appears to be a transitional species between reptiles and birds. 


1. What birdlike traits do the Archaeopteryx possess? 
2. What kind of information do fossils give us about the past? 
3. Why is it important to accurately date fossils? 




14 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. wings and cant walk fast
2. when they were alive and what they ate and what they were eaten by.
3. so we can find valuable information

William Travis said...

1. Wings and has feathers.
2. They tell us how creatures evolved over time through adaptional processes.
3. So we can find how organisms have evolved.

Brandon.G. said...

Wings and feathers
How organisms evolved do to smallness.
They tell us how organisms evolved through adaptation.

Anonymous said...

Wings and feathers
how organisms evolved to be small.
Find how organisms evolved over time.

MattyC said...

Wings and feathers
How organisms evolved to be small
Find how organisms evolved over time.

Ava-Mae Hymer said...

It has wings, they show us how things evolved, and it's important to date them accurately so we have the correct order of events.

Amelia M said...

1. Wings
2. How organisms evolved over time
3. to tell when organisms aquired certain traits

Fiona M. said...

1.The Archaeopteryx has feathers, robust forelimbs, and three fingered-hands, which are relative to birdlike traits.
2. Fossils give us information about how long life has existed on Earth, and how different animals and plants are related to each other.
3. It is important to accurately date fossils so we know what time period they were from, which leads to determing when species lived at a certain time.

Luke R said...

Wings and feathers
how organisms evolved to be small.
Find how organisms evolved over time.

Anonymous said...

1. Wings and has feathers.
2. They tell us how creatures evolved over time through adaptional processes.
3. So we can find how organisms have evolved.

Allie said...

1. They have wings and feathers.
2. Fossils show how animals have changed over time.
3. It is important so we know what animals used to be like.

Anonymous said...

1. They have wings and feathers.
2. Fossils show how animals have changed over time.
3. It is important so we know what animals used to be like.

Carson R. said...

1. They have wings and feathers.
2. Fossils can tell us how a specious evolved and how new traits get passed down.
3. It is important so we know how animals back then and animals know could have change.

Paul Bellonzi said...

legs and wings
how old something is
it is important to accurately date fossils because it tells what time it is from