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No. Birds evolved from a group of small carnivorous dinosaurs related to the "raptors."
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What are dinosours related to?
Pterosaurs were closely related to the dinosaurs. Because birds have descended from dinosaurs, the closest living relatives of pterosaurs are birds. All birds are equally related to pterosaurs.
What is the pterodactyl evolution?
Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, and pterosaurs were archosaurs. All pterosaurs died out 65.5 million years ago. Other types of archosaurs include crocodillians, the dinosaurs, and the birds, which evolved from dinosaurs. The pterosaurs were more closely related to the dinosaurs than they were to crocodillians, so the closest living relatives of pterosaurs are the birds. All birds are equally related to pterosaurs.
What other modern day species are the pterodactyl's related to?
Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, and pterosaurs were archosaurs. All pterosaurs died out 65.5 million years ago. Other types of archosaurs include crocodillians, the dinosaurs, and the birds, which evolved from dinosaurs. The pterosaurs were more closely related to the dinosaurs than they were to crocodillians, so the closest living relatives of pterosaurs are the birds. All birds are equally related to pterosaurs.
Did pteranodons get born as a bird or a dinosaur?
Neither. Pteranodons were part of a group of reptiles separate from dinosaurs and birds called the pterosaurs.
Pterosaurs were flying mammals many of which were the size of todays predatory birds True or false?
False, pterosaurs were flying reptiles.
Was pterodactyl ancestor of birds?
No. Pterosaurs share a common ancestor with the dinosaurs, but are not classed as dinosaurs themselves. Birds, however, descend from a group of dinosaurs called theropods; the earliest bird know, Archaeopteryx, dates to about 150 million years ago. The theropods also include dinosaurs such as T. rex, velociraptors, and other bird-like dinosaurs.
What do you call a dinosaur flying through the sky?
Birds are the only dinosaurs that could fly. However, there were flying reptiles that were not dinosaurs. They were called pterosaurs.
Could ancient reptiles fly?
There were several types of ancient reptiles that flew. Most famously the pterosaurs such as pterodactyl (Pterodactylus) were the 1st vertibrates to evolve flight.Also it is quite likely that some species of the Dromaeosauridae family of theropod dinosaurs flew. They were later to evolve into birds. Infact the simularity between Dromaeosauride species and birds have led some scientist to argue for reclassification to birds.
Why is the northern flying squirrel not just called the northern gliding squirrel?
When people first saw squirrels traveling in the air, they thought they were flying like birds and/or bats, not gliding. It took people a while to realize the squirrels were really gliding, not flying.
How were pterodactyls differant from most dinosaurs?
Pterodactylus and other flying reptiles, collectively known as pterosaurs, do not belong to the clade Dinosauria, and thus aren't dinosaurs. This is because they did not evolve from the common ancestor of all dinosaurs. All dinosaurs were terrestrial animals, and with the exception of birds, they couldn't fly. All pterosaurs were winged quadrupeds, and at least most of them were capable of flight.
How are soaring and gliding alike?
Soaring & gliding flight involve little wing movement. Birds soar & glide with their wings extended.
What are winged animals resembling birds and dinosaurs?
You are probably thinking of extinct creatures such as pterosaurs and archaeopteryx.
