What Does Archaeopteryx Mean?

The term Archaeopteryx is a term used for a bird that was in existence in the Jurassic period. Though Jurassic Period started approximately 650 million years ago, the traces of this bird can be found only lately around 150 -155 million years ago.
      
Till date there are approximately ten specimens of this ancient bird had been found with the first one in the year 1860. It was found in a deposit of limestone near Solnhofen in Germany and with the passage of time other specimens were found but all of them were found at that very site or a site very close to it.
       
The size of the bird is around two feet and has broad rounded wings with long tail. In some features it can be compared with the modern birds but it has some unique features also; it has sharp teeth, long bony tail and three fingers that end in a curved claws.