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Birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs and are considered by many to be dinosaurs. Birds emerged in the later Jurassic period, branching of from a group of dinosaurs called theropods, two legged animals that accounted for all carnivorous dinosaurs. Many theropod dinosaurs show birdlike traits (including feathers on many species), particularly dromaeosaurs such as velociraptor.
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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.
Which birds are most closely related to dinosaurs?
No modern bird is more closely related to dinosaurs than any other.
What group of vertebrae is most closely related to birds?
The group of vertebrates most closely related to birds are probably the dinosaurs.
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.
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.
What are some relatives of dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs are very closely related to birds, which are thought to have evolved directlly from them.
What modern group is most closely related to dinosaurs?
The closest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds.
Are dinosaurs more closely related to amphibians or mammals?
Dinosaurs are more closely related to mammals. Both mammals and dinosaurs share a reptilian ancestor that they don't share with amphibians.
Is Komodo dragons related to dinosaurs?
Yes they are, though there are closer relatives of dinosaurs. Crocodiles and alligators are more closely related to dinosaurs than lizards such as the komodo dragon are. Even more closely related are birds.
Current research indicates that dinosaurs are closely related to what animal group?
Birds
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 hawks more closely related to a bat a shark or an alligator.?
In terms of evolution, hawks are most closely related to alligators. This is because birds evolved from dinosaurs and both alligators and dinosaurs are archosaurs.
