1. An extinct primitive bird(genus Archaeopteryx)of the Jurassic period, having lizardlike characteristics, such as teeth and a long, bony tail.It may represent a transitional form between reptiles and birds.
2. According to another report, Chinese scientists have temporarily named this type of archaeopteryx fossil "the Divine Land Archaeopteryx".
另据悉，中国科学家将这类始祖鸟化石暂定名为“神州始祖鸟”。
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3. In view of this, the world places hopes of tracing the more primitive and more ancient, true ancestor of birds in China, and Chinese scientists also expressed possibly discovering fossils of birds earlier than the archaeopteryx in China.
4. However, this find of archaeopteryx fossils are from a much earlier age, lower in stratus and more primitive in features than previously discovered archaeopteryx.
而这次始祖鸟化石的发现，比先前发现的鸟化石时代更早，层位更低，特征更加原始。
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5. This find has attracted attention from home and abroad, and has been called "one of the most important finds since archaeopteryx fossils were found in Germany in 1862".
这一发现引起国内外关注，被称作是“继一八六二年德国始祖鸟化石发现以来最重要的发现之一”。
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6. China discovers archaeopteryx fossils
中国发现始祖鸟化石
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7. Over the past 100 years, the world has totally discovered 8 archaeopteryx findings from the same period, and only confined to this area.
一百多年来，世界同时代的始祖鸟总共发现８块，且仅局限于这一地区。
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8. Paleontologists also debated whether Archaeopteryx could fly.
古生物学家还讨论了始祖鸟是否会飞的问题。
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9. In 1862 at the earliest finding of archaeopteryx in the state of Bavaria, Germany, it stirred the whole world.
一八六二年德国巴伐利亚州最早发现始祖鸟时，曾轰动全球。
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10. However, the study of archaeopteryx has never stopped.
