Name the connecting link between reptiles and birds.

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Connecting link:
It is an organism having characteristics of two different groups of organisms
The reptiles and the aves belong to the vertebrates.
Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between reptiles and birds as it possesses characteristics of both birds and reptiles.
Archaeopteryx possessed a long tail, teeth in jaws, and a long neck with cervical vertebrae, all are reptilian characters.
Like birds, it had wings and beaks.
It was warm-blooded.

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