What is an archeopteryx ?

A type of bird

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A type of dinosaur

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Ancestors of horse

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Intermediate species between birds and dinosaurs

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The correct option is D
Intermediate species between birds and dinosaurs

They are fossils of a transitional species between dinosaurs and birds. They had features of both dinosaurs and birds so it plays an important role, not only in the study of the origins of birds, but in the study of dinosaurs too.

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