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Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles not the other way around.
The first reptiles where thought to have evolved during the late Carboniferous Period about 320 to 310 million years ago.
Dinosaurs do not appear in the fossil record until the late Jurassic Period about 230 million years ago. They evolved from the reptilian infra class Archosaurs.
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Why are dinosaurs considered reptiles?
They have scales
Animals of the mesozoic extinction?
Dinosaurs and marine reptiles.
What animals are reptiles?
reptiles are animals such as lizards and crocodiles, most the dinosaurs were reptiles 2
Is a crocodile a amphibian or reptile?
Crocodiles and other reptiles are not dinosaurs. The family of reptiles separated from the animals that became dinosaurs several hundred million years ago and existed from that time, through the age of dinosaurs to the present. Dinosaurs evolved becoming warm blooded and to some extent covered with feathers. Reptiles remained cold blooded and scaly. The only living descendants of dinosaurs today are the birds.Crocodiles are, however more closely related to dinosaurs (and birds) than they are to most other reptiles, being members of the Archosauria.
Which of the following reptiles evolved to stand upright and run?
Dinosaurs
Did dinosaurs evolve into reptiles?
No. Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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.
Did underwater dinosaurs evolve into crocodiles?
what an interesting topic! Birds and reptiles are the living descendantsof the dinosaurs that survived the meteorite-triggered mass extinction that killed off most of the species living 66 million years ago. And of all reptiles, crocodiles are the most closely related to birds.
Did birds evolve from lizards?
No, birds didn't evolve from lizards, but they did evolve from dinosaurs, a different group of reptiles. Dinosaurs are different from lizards especially because of their hip structure. Birds descended from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods (bipedal carnivores)
How did birds evolve from reptiles?
But they did. Specifically, birds evolved from a subgroup of dinosaurs (which were reptiles) known as theropods. There is a lot of fossil and anatomical evidence for this.
Why did birds evolve after reptiles?
Because they can generate their own body heat - reptiles cannot and need a warm environment
Why were ancient reptiles replaced by dinosaurs?
What do you mean? Dinosaurs ARE ancient reptiles.
If human have evloved then why reptiles are still there?
because reptiles have lived all theese years (since the dinosaurs) without having to change and are getting away with it they do not have the need to evolve that is why they dont
Were dinousars reptiles?
Dinosaurs are reptiles.
Does dinosaurs a kind of reptiles?
yes dinosaurs are a kind of reptiles they are big lizards
What year did dinosaurs evolve from reptiles?
Evolution is generally a gradual process, such that it is generally difficult to classify transition species one way or the other. Would you say birds are reptiles? Birds are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs and reptiles share a common ancestor, probably dating to some time in the early Triassic. That would be around 250 million years ago.
Which group of reptiles did dinosaurs come from?
all reptiles came from dinosaurs !!
