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Why are mammals closey related to reptiles?
Mammals are not closely related to reptiles
Are reptiles more closely related to mammals or to fishes?
Reptiles are more closely related to mammals than to fishes. Reptiles and mammals are both part of the group called amniotes, characterized by their ability to lay eggs on land. Fish, on the other hand, are a separate group with distinct evolutionary lineages from reptiles and mammals.
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 type of mammals are closely related to reptiles?
All mammals evolved from a common ancestor, which was the very first mammal. That very first mammal had evolved from reptiles. As such, all mammals are equally related to reptiles.
Are birds closest to mammals or reptiles?
While at first glance birds seem similar to mammals, they are more closely related to reptiles.
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.
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...
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.
Are mammals related to birds?
Mammals are distantly related to birds. Oddly, if you look at an evolutionary tree, birds are actually more closely related to reptiles than they are to mammals.
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.
Are reptiles more closely related to fish or mammals and why?
Fish because Fish are animals that live in water and reptiles come from that region.
Are birds more closely related to mammals or to reptiles?
They're more closely related to reptiles because they are descended from dinosaurs.
