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No you are not a dinosaur. Human beings are mammals which have a completely different evolutionary path to dinosaurs.
Mammals evolved from a subclass of reptiles called synapsids (mammal like reptiles). Archaeothyris the 1st undisputed synapsid dates back to 305 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period. Synapsids went on to dominate the world until the end of the Permian Period about 251.4 million years ago. During the Triassic Period about 200 million years ago the 1st true mammals appeared.
Dinosaurs on the other hand evolved from a completely different branch of the reptile family the archosaurs. Archosaurs 1st evolved during the Permian Period 299 - 251 million years ago. They lived in the shadows of synapsids until after the Permian-Triassic Extinction when they started to overtake them as the dominant animals on Earth.
Archosaurs went on to evolve into 3 different branches :- dinosaurs (about 230 million years ago), pterosaurs (about 220 million years ago) and crocodilians (about 200 million years ago). Most species of dinosaurs were to die out 65.5 million years ago but one branch of therapod dinosaur was to survive and still lives until this day, the birds.
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What danger might travelers face in the cretaceous?
they might face a dinosaur or out of food
Was a dinosaur or bird or people or monkeys here first?
A dinosaur. Certainly.
What is the smallest dinosaur?
Most palaeontologists believe compsognathus was the smallest dinosaur, but recent discoveries of an a dinosaur, micropachycephalosaurus that may be the smallest dinosaur ever and has the longest name ever given to a dinosaur!The smallest dinosaur is said to be the compsognathus.Its just 2 feet long and weighs only up to 6.5 pounds. There are a few more small dinosaurs which have the same heeight of the compsognathus.They are the saltopus and the echinodon.
Do dinosaur fossils have the organic material from the dead dinosaur?
Only very rarely.
What is the largest dinosaur ever to live?
the largest dinosaur that ever lived is the seismosaurus hallorum
What dinosaur is really a reptile?
the veloceraptor
How do you scare a dinosaur?
you can because dinosaurs do not exciters so you really can not scare a dinosaur! Sorry
Is there really a dinosaur in India ocean?
Yes, there is. Did you mean a living dinosaur, or a dead one?
How big was the drinker dinosaur?
Really BIG!
What is special about the dinosaur called compsognathus?
it was really cool
What are the species of dinosaur?
Dinosaur is not really any one species but a general term. An example of a species of dinosaur is t-Rex with it's scientific name Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Who has ever really seen a dinosaur?
The human has never seen a dinosaur! exept from birds and crocs and alligators which are related to the dinosaurs.
Is Barney the dinosaur really in jail?
Neither Barney the Purple Dinosaur nor his human alter ego are in jail. This was a rumor.
How much does a dino wiegh?
It really depends on what type of Dinosaur it is!
Are there games that you really be a dinosaur or a dragon?
there is a game called DinoSawUs
In ice age is there dinosaur's beside dawn of the dinosaurs?
not really...
What is used to weigh a dinosaur a gram or kilogram?
Really depends on the dinosaur. But either works. A 500g dinosaur could easily be called half a kilo. Most seem to be measured in tonnes
