Palaeopteryx
| Palaeopteryx Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Paraves |
| Genus: | †Palaeopteryx Jensen, 1981 |
| Species: | †P. thomsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981
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Palaeopteryx (meaning "ancient wing") is an extinct genus of dubious paravian theropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Colorado. The type species is P. thomsoni.