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Re: plural of "archaeopteryx"

  "Look at that flock of
> Archaeopteryx."  Nobody would misinterpret that.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> -dick

Why not lets be more specific and say "Look at the flock of 
_Archaeopteryx lithographica_s!" 

As for the group term.  I'm not sure that there are enough specimens 
to call it a flock!

Perhaps:- 
a flutter
a flap
I also like the 'puzzle' too

:-)
Neil


Neil Clark
Curator of Palaeontology
Hunterian Museum
University of Glasgow
email: NCLARK@museum.gla.ac.uk

Mountains are found in erogenous zones.
(Geological Howlers - ed. WDI Rolfe)