Was Archaeopteryx a Dinosaur?

The cast of the Berlin specimen, one of the best-known specimens of Archaeopteryx, a feathered dinosaur from the Jurassic Period that was thought to have been capable of limited flight. Archaeopteryx shared many anatomic characters with coelurosaurs, a group of theropods (carnivorous dinosaurs).

Was Archaeopteryx a bird or dinosaur?

The feathered dinosaur Archaeopteryx is sometimes called the “first bird” because the winged creature was the first to show an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles.

Was Archaeopteryx an avian dinosaur?

Paleontologists view Archaeopteryx as a transitional fossil between dinosaurs and modern birds. With its blend of avian and reptilian features, it was long viewed as the earliest known bird.