单词archaeopteryx
n.: 始祖鸟（约 1.5 亿年前存在）
网络: 始祖鸟属；始祖鸟化石；始袓鸟
始祖鸟（约 1.5 亿年前存在）:
the oldest known bird, which existed about 150 million years ago
【古生物学】始祖鸟
始祖鸟属
复数：archaeopteryxes
"If Archaeopteryx were discovered today, I don"t think you would call it a bird. You would call it a feathered dinosaur, " says Carrano.
“如果始祖鸟是在今天发现的，我觉得古生物学家们肯定不会说它是鸟类，其实它就是一种带羽毛的恐龙，”卡里诺说。
Moreover, its bone structure was similar to that of Archaeopteryx.
而且，恐爪龙的骨骼结构与始祖鸟很相似。
Archaeopteryx, supposedly the oldest and most primitive bird on Earth, might not have been a bird after all, scientists say.
科学家们说，据称是地球上最古老最原始的鸟类的“始祖鸟”可能根本就不是一只鸟。
Like fossils of whales with legs, Archaeopteryx seemed to capture a moment in a critical evolutionary metamorphosis.
和带有腿部的古鲸类化石一样，始祖鸟化石似乎捕捉到了关键进化形变中的某个瞬间。
Recently, however, the supposed "world"s oldest known bird, " Archaeopteryx, was found to be a non-avian dinosaur.
最近，被假定为“世界上最古老的已知鸟类”——始祖鸟被发现是一种非鸟类恐龙。
Now, renowned Chinese palaeontologist Professor Xu Xing believes his new discovery has finally knocked Archaeopteryx off its perch.
现在，具有声望的中国古生物学家徐星教授相信：他的新发现已经正式地把“始祖鸟”踢下神坛。
On a cautionary note, he adds that the next feathered fossil unearthed in China could easily restore the premier status of Archaeopteryx.
他在提醒注意的评注里补充，下一个在中国发掘出的长有羽毛的化石能简易地把最高的地位归还给“始祖鸟”。
Archaeopteryx was discovered in 1861, two years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species.
“始祖鸟”在1861年被发现，即查尔斯·达尔文发表《物种起源》后两年。
According to another report, Chinese scientists have temporarily named this type of archaeopteryx fossil "the Divine Land Archaeopteryx" .
另据悉，中国科学家将这类始祖鸟化石暂定名为“神州始祖鸟”。
Except some with the birds similar characteristic, the archaeopteryx has the beastly foot class dinosaur"s characteristic.
除了一些与鸟类相似的特征，始祖鸟具有很多兽脚类恐龙的特征。