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How did dinosaurs hatch their eggs?
Fossil dinosaurs nests have been found with dinosaurs sitting on their nests like birds do. This is not surprising as our modern day birds are descended from raptor dinosaurs.
When you compare the dinosaur fossil to modern day vertebrates what does it most resemble?
Dinosaurs most resemble birds and reptiles but mainly birds because birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs ex stinkend?
Yes, all dinosaurs are extinct. But, their modern-day ancestors, reptiles and birds, live on.
Why do scientists believe that dinosaurs were primogenitors of the modern bird?
Scientists believe that dinosaurs were the primogenitors of modern birds due to a wealth of fossil evidence that shows shared characteristics, such as feathers, hollow bones, and specific skeletal structures. The discovery of theropod dinosaurs, which exhibit bird-like features, supports the evolutionary link. Additionally, molecular studies and phylogenetic analyses indicate a close genetic relationship between certain dinosaur groups and modern birds, reinforcing the idea that birds are essentially modern-day avian dinosaurs. This evolutionary connection is a key aspect of the understanding of vertebrate evolution.
Are dinosaurs exint?
NO! Many scientists believe that dinosaurs evolved into modern day birds. In addition, some reptiles and fish were living with the dinosaurs, such as the crocodile, and have remained virtually unchanged.
Why do scientists believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs?
Scientists believe birds evolved from dinosaurs because of several pieces of evidence, such as shared skeletal features, fossil records of "transitional" bird-like dinosaurs, and genetic similarities. These connections suggest that birds are the descendants of a group of small theropod dinosaurs.
How did a dinosaur fly?
Dinosaurs evolved to be much like the modern day birds. They developed wings with feathers and eventually, by evolution, they flew.
What dinosaur is closest to the chicken?
The birds, including the chicken bird, have been shown to be descended from the theropod dinosaurs (which also included the T. rex). It would not be out of order to call birds modern-day dinosaurs.
Is a direct living descendant of dinosaurs a parrot or an alligator or a dragonfly or a hippo?
The Parrot would be the direct ancestor of the Dinosaur. The therapod line is believed to be the line that turned into our modern day birds. There are many similarities between therapods and our modern birds. There is some debate on this theory still but there are many who believe that the birds are direct descendants of the dinosaurs
Had a hip structure similar to birds?
Ornithischians with a hip structure similar to that of present day birds.
Do dinosaurs still live to this day?
Dinosaurs as most people think of them are completely extinct. However, birds evolved from dinosaurs, and as such, are considered to be a group of dinosaurs. Since birds are still alive today, so are some dinosaurs. No dinosaurs other than birds are alive today, though.
What made scientists think birds and reptiles were related?
Scientist think that birds are related to dinosaurs because as you study the fossilised bones of certain therapod dinosaurs especially dromaeosaurs you start to notice many similarities between them and modern day birds. The famous archeopteryx for example, which is historically considered the first bird, looked very much like a bird but still had claws on its wings and had a mouth full of teeth. Other dinosaurs from the same time period look even more like birds. In fact experiments done on modern day bird embryos show that if you play around with the genes of birds you can engineer dinosaur features such as teeth, long dinosaur tails etc. All the key features that people associate with birds developed when they were still dinosaurs. Dinosaurs had feathers, dinosaurs had oval shaped eggs, dinosaurs had beaks. The morphology of birds is so similar to some dinosaurs that scientist are starting to consider birds as not just related to dinosaurs but actually as avian dinosaurs.
