So, in fact, you are citing Feduccia to try to pretend he supports a point which he does not support.
and regardless, it is a bird, was a bird, always was a bird. paleleobabble still applies to the idea of reptiles to birds as well.
It had teeth. You seem to think that some modern birds have teeth, but you have not yet told us which birds they are. It had a long tail like a reptile. Modern birds have a short, fused pygostyle. It had a full fibula. Modern birds do not. It had a very small sternum, like a reptile, not a modern flying bird.