Palaeopteryx Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Paraves |
Genus: | โ Palaeopteryx Jensen, 1981 |
Species: | †P. thomsoni
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†Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981
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Palaeopteryx (meaning "ancient wing") is an extinct genus of dubious paravian theropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Colorado. The type species is P. thomsoni.[1]