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Archaeopteryx
Location: Stockton-On-Tees
Archaeopteryx.
Number 10 on the Sculpture Trail.
This sculpture represents the early flying dinobirds.
There are about 9,000 species of birds in the world today and they owe their variety, beauty and ingenuity to a group of 'reptile birds' that first appeared on Earth about 140 million years ago. Of these 'reptile birds' Archaeopteryx was one such creature, it was about the size of a Magpie, with large eyes and strong sharp teeth. Its most interesting feature though, were its wings and long reptilian tail. It is not known for sure if the Archaeopteryx lived on the ground, or in trees, gliding from one tree to another after its prey, using its sharp claws to climb trees and hold onto its prey.
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