Fossil remains of Archaeopteryx indicates that

It was a flying reptile from Triassic

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It was a flying reptile from Permian

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Reptiles gave rise to birds during Permian

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Reptiles gave rise to birds during Jurassic

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Solution

The correct option is A It was a flying reptile from Triassic
Archaeopteryx lived in the Late Jurassic around 150 million years back, in what is presently southern Germany amid a period when Europe was an archipelago of islands in a shallow warm tropical ocean, a lot nearer to the equator than it is currently.
So, the correct option is 'It was a flying reptile from Triassic'.

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