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Dinosaurs are more closely related to mammals. Both mammals and dinosaurs share a reptilian ancestor that they don't share with amphibians.
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∙ 11y agoBirds are more closely related to mammals than to amphibians.
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Were dinosaurs mammals or amphibians?
Neither...They were reptiles. dinosaurs were nether amphibians or mammals they were all reptiles, though they are more closely related to birds.
Did mammals evolve from dinosaurs?
No. Mammals evolved from synapsid reptiles, a group not closely related to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles and birds than they are to mammals.
Is the giraffe related to lond necked dinosausurs?
Giraffe are not closely related to dinosaurs, the dinosaurs are reptiles, giraffe are mammals. But of course they are more closely related than are mammals and shellfish...
Are dinosaurs the oldest mammals?
No. Dinosaurs were not mammals. They were more closely related to birds and modern reptiles than they were to mammals.
Are dinosaurs more closely related to amphibians than reptiles?
No, dinosaurs are more closely related to reptiles than amphibians. Both dinosaurs and reptiles belong to the group called diapsids, which are characterized by having two openings in the skull behind the eye socket. Amphibians, on the other hand, belong to a different group called tetrapods.
Is a long neck and a giraffe related?
Not at all. Giraffes are mammals, which are not closely related to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds and modern reptiles.
Is a sabertooth tager a dinosaur?
Saber toothed cats were closely related to cats and were a type of mammal. Dinosaurs were reptiles that are not closely related to mammals or their ancestors. In a word, no.
Are dinosaurs ancestors of humans?
No. Humans are mammals, which evolved from mammal-like synapsid "reptiles," which were not closely related to dinosaurs. Birds are the only living remnants of the dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs closer to amphibians than to reptiles?
They are generally considered reptiles, though some think they should have their own class.
What are dinosaurs most closely related to?
Dinosaurs are most closely related to birds to the extent that birds are cnsidered a branch of dinosaurs.
Are animals related to birds?
Birds are more closely related to reptiles than they are to mammals. Birds, reptiles, and mammals all belong to a group of vertebrates called amniotes, which split off from amphibians. Amniotes split into two groups soon after they evolved: true reptiles and synapsids. Mammals are the only living synapsids today. Dinosaurs branched off from the reptiles and birds then evolved from the dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs related to amphibians or reptiles?
Reptiles
