Pronunciation: ar-kee-OP-tuh-RIDGE-uh-day
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
Year: 1871
Meaning: Ancient wing family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms:
Archornithidae (Carus, 1875)
Archaeopterygiformes? (Fürbringer, 1888)
Archaeopteridae (Shufeldt, 1903)
Archaeornithidae (Petronievics, 1925)
Anchiornithidae? (Xu et al. 2016)
Archornithidae (Carus, 1875)
Archaeopterygiformes? (Fürbringer, 1888)
Archaeopteridae (Shufeldt, 1903)
Archaeornithidae (Petronievics, 1925)
Anchiornithidae? (Xu et al. 2016)
[Xu, You, Du and Han (2011]Definition
The clade comprising all birds closer to Archaeopteryx than to Passer domesticus (the House Sparrow) or Dromaeosaurus.
About
?? Etymology
Archaeopterygidae is derived from the Greek "arkhaios" (ancient, primeval) and "pteryx" (wing)—for the group anchor Archaeopteryx, and the Latin "-idae" (family).References
• Huxley TH (1871) "Further evidence of the affinity between the dinosaurian reptiles and birds". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 27: 12–31.
• Xu X, You H, Du K and Han F (2011) "An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae". Nature, 475 (7357): 465–470. DOI: 10.1038/nature10288.
