BIO 370 — Vertebrate Zoology
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Vertebrate Diversity
The Origin of Birds

Diversity of Feathered Theropod Dinosaurs

Feathered dinos
Above: various feathered theropod dinosaurs, depicted at approximately the same scale

Below: two models of Archaeopteryx lithographica
Archaeopteryx Models

Compare the Skeleton of Archaeopteryx with the Dinosaur Tyrannosaurus
and the modern bird Columba livia

Pigeon Skeleton
Go to Pigeon Skeleton Page 		Archaeopteryx Fossil
Archaeopteryx fossil 		Tyrannosaurus skeleton
Go to Tyrannosaurus Skeleton Page
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