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Question
Write avian characters of Archaeopteryx.
Answer in Brief
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Solution
- Feathery exoskeleton.
- Forelimbs are modified into wings.
- Jaws are modified into beak.
- Skull bone is completely fused.
- Large rounded cranium.
- Cranium with large orbits and a single condyle.
- Limb bones are bird like.
- Hind limbs with four toes first toe is opposible.
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