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minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brhexbear9·8 months agoMammals are different than reptiles. A better comparison would be today's reptiles. linkfedilink
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.orghexbear5·8 months agoDinosaurs aren’t reptiles, they’re birds. linkfedilink
minus-squareBobson_Dugnutt [he/him]hexbear17·8 months agoAll birds are dinosaurs, not all dinosaurs are birds though link
minus-squareBobson_Dugnutt [he/him]hexbear1·8 months agoAll birds are descended from the theropods that survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/ link
Mammals are different than reptiles. A better comparison would be today's reptiles.
Dinosaurs aren’t reptiles, they’re birds.
All birds are dinosaurs, not all dinosaurs are birds though
A pigeon is not a dinosaur.
All birds are descended from the theropods that survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/