In honor of the season from the Jurassic we have Archaeopteryx, one of the earliest birds we know of. It is, however, a very "good" bird which means there are undoubtedly more "primitive" (hate that terminology) birds out there we haven't found yet. It gets a little tricky because at a point it gets a bit difficult to tell a bird from a dinosaur. Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago calls the dinosaurs the "non-avian" dinosaurs, implying that there are avian dinosaurs out there. Interesting.
Enjoy your turkey!
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