Dinosaur-to-Bird Transition

“If your child was told that a sparrow is technically a living dinosaur, could they explain the chain of fossil evidence that supports this — naming at least one key transitional fossil and describing what makes it part dinosaur, part bird?”

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• ⬜Describes at least three specific feathered theropod fossils (e.g. Microraptor, Anchiornis, Sinosauropteryx) and what each tells us
• ⬜Describes Archaeopteryx as showing a mix of bird features (feathers, wishbone) and dinosaur features (teeth, clawed wings, long bony tail)
• ⬜Outlines the ground-up (running and leaping) and trees-down (gliding from trees) hypotheses for flight origin and the evidence supporting each