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Reptiles are considered to be an adapted version of some dinosaurs. Since snakes are retails then it should also be consider a (adapted) dinosaur.But snakes in particular are not usually known (or mentioned) as an (adapted) dinosaur.
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Did snakes have feet when dinosaurs were alive?
There were ancestors of snakes that had feet during the time of the dinosaurs. But the mere fact that they had feet meant that they would be considered snakes. Instead they were more like modern lizards. The first snakes appeared during the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs still dominated the earth.
How are snakes in common with dinosaur?
Both snakes and dinosaurs are diapsid reptiles. Dinosaurs, however, are archosaurs. Snakes are squamates.
Are snakes really dinosaurs?
No. Snakes are in the lepidosaur branch of reptiles while dinosaurs are from the archosaur branch.
Does the tuatara come from dinosaurs?
No. The tuatara is more closely related to lizards and snakes than it is to dinosaurs.
Are turkeys dinosaurs?
No. Turtle are from a branch of reptiles completely separate from dinosaurs.
How Snakes are considered?
Snakes are reptiles.
Were snakes as large as dinosaurs when dinosaurs lived or were they as big as they are now?
Snakes appeared about 70 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs died out. Although snakes were huge then, the biggest recorded was 36ft long. Remember, any snake that lives on land that is longer than 50 ft is too big to move and breathe.
Were there snakes in dinosuar times?
Yes. Snakes first appeared in the Cretaceous period, the third and last period of the age of the dinosaurs.
Were pteradons considered to be dinosaurs?
pteranodns werent dinosaurs they were pterosaurs because dinosaurs could not fly.
What types of animals are often mistaken as dinosaurs?
alligators, crocadilles, snakes, reptiles,
Why are black snakes considered a consumer?
Black snakes are considered a as consumers because they eat meat.
Are cassowary birds related to dinosaurs?
Yes. All birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs and are considered by many to be dinosaurs.
