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Not only that dinosaurs are directly descended from reptiles and, under current taxonomy, are classified as reptiles.
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Why do reptiles and birds have so much in common?
The most similar thing about birds and reptiles is that they both lay eggs. However, it is important to note that not all reptiles lay eggs. There are many species of snakes and lizards which do not lay eggs, but instead give birth to live young.
Does a plesiosaur a dino?
Plesiosaurs were not dinosaurs. They were a clade of marine reptiles that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Why do cats have the same eyes as dinosaurs but not any other animal?
They don't. If you're referring to the shape of their pupils - many animals have eyes like that. Mostly reptiles.
How did pteranodon become extinct?
A pteranodon is a pterosaur, or a flying dinosaur. During the fall of the dinosaurs, all dinosaurs became extinct, including the pterosaurs.
What is the name of an underwater dinosaur?
There are no names of underwater dinosaurs because there were no underwater dinosaurs. Sea reptiles that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs were around. Names of these sea-living reptiles include: Liopleurodon, Opthalmosaurus and Tylosaurus.
What winged creature appeared during dinosaur time?
Pterosaurs, which were flying reptiles, evolved around the same time that dinosaurs did. Birds evolved from dinosaurs during the Age of Dinosaurs, too.
Were pterodactyls dinosurs?
Pterodactylus were pterosaurs, and although pterosaurs are often called "flying dinosaurs," they were not dinosaurs. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs, but they don't share the same common ancestor as dinosaurs and thus don't fall into the clade Dinosauria.
Is the Crocodile really a descendant of the dinosaur?
Crocodilians are distantly related to the dinosaurs in that they are both Archosaurs, but the former definitely are not descended from the Dinosaurs. They are both members of what is known as a ''crown group'' (the Archosauria). This refers back to a long-extinct bevy of Reptiles that includes the common ancestor of the two living archosaurs -- crocodilians and birds -- and the extinct avian and non-avian dinosaurs. In short, they are related only in that they (crocodilians and dinosaurs) both evolved from the same ancestral reptile.
Were there dinosaurs that lived in sea?
No! Although this is a common mistake, all dinosaurs were land animals. All animals that lived in the sea at the same time as the dinosaurs weren't actually classed as dinosaurs even though they have similarities :)
Are bats and birds related?
No. Bats are mammals while birds are descended from dinosaurs.
How ammphibians and reptiles the same?
No. Amphibians are a different group than reptiles. Amphibians are animals such as; Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, etc. Reptiles are animals such as; Turtles, Tortoises, Snakes, Lizards, etc.
What were dinosaurs' occupation?
The occupation of the dinosaurs was pretty much the same as all animals: eat, sleep, reproduce.
