Storiascopio · Era 1 of 12 · primary year 3
The first birds
about 150 million years ago · Solnhofen, Germany
In short
Archaeopteryx, which lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Germany, had feathers and wings but also teeth, a long bony tail and clawed fingers. Fossils found later showed that many bird features first appeared in theropods, the meat-eating dinosaurs that walked on two legs. Feathers existed even before flight as we know it today.
Why it matters Birds are the only branch of the dinosaurs that has survived to the present day.
Source: Natural History Museum (London), Dino Directory, “Archaeopteryx”
Where we are in the era “The Earth before us”
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about 13.8 billion years agoEvent 24 of 25about 66 million years ago
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/the-first-birds/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class