Claim CC214.1:
Modern birds were probably not descended from Archaeopteryx, so it is wrong to claim Archaeopteryx as a missing link between dinosaurs and birds.
現代の鳥類はおそらく、始祖鳥の子孫ではない。したがって、始祖鳥を恐竜と鳥類をつなぐミッシングリンクと呼ぶのは間違いだ。
Source:
Wells, Jonathan, 2000. Icons of Evolution, Washington DC: Regnery Publishing Inc., pp. 115-116.