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Question
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Which one of the given statement is not true for Archaeopteryx?

  • Each wing had three clawed digit

  • Hind feet with five digits

  • Long jointed lizard like tail

  • Thecodont teeth on both jaws

Solution

B.

Hind feet with five digits

Hind feets of Archaeopteryx had four digits. It is considered to be the first bird by many. It is actually intermediate between the birds that we see flying and the predatory dinosaur (connecting link between reptiles and birds).