Archaeopteryx, always a bird. (was RE:)

["Nicholas Gardner" <n_gardner637@hotmail.com>]

> > just saw the reuters news item on feathers in a non-avian dinosaur.  
> Does
> > this mean that the original archeopteryx specimen could be from a
> > dinosaur
> > rather than a bird?
>
> Actually, under modern systems of classification _Archaeopteryx_ is both a
> bird and a dinosaur, just as a "flying fox" is both a bat and a mammal.

I don't think Archaeopteryx can ever be non-avian as Aves is defined as 
Archaeopteryx + Neornithes, unless you follow Gauthier.

Nicholas Gardner
n_gardner637@hotmail.com

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