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Crocodiles and other members of the group crocodilia are the dinosaurs closest living relatives.
Crocodiles are somtimes refered to as ''living dinosaurs'', this is based on the idea that their anatomy hasn't changed much over millions of years. Crocodiles are not however dinosaurs themselves.
Modern day Birds on the other hand ARE dinosaurs.
Birds are a type of maniraptorian theropod dinosaur. Birds are the only dinosaur group to survive the mass extinction ~65million years ago. So therefore dinosaurs are Not extinct. (and they are doing quite well. There are approximately twice as many birds species than there are mammals.)
Birds are therefore Crocodiles closest living relatives. And vise versa.
Crocodiles and dinosaurs (+birds) are both members of the group Archosauria.
Yes, both dinosaurs and crocodilians are archosaurs (the "ruling reptiles", they belong to the clade Archosauria, along with pterosaurs and some other closely related, but extinct, animals) and are therefore fairly closely related. Crocodiles however are NOT dinosaurs, nor did they evolve from dinosaurs (or vice versa) - they are simply related to them.
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∙ 12y agoOnly very distant relatives. Both dinosaurs and crocodiles descended from an archosaur ancestor in the early Triassic or Permian.
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∙ 8y agoBirds are but crocodiles ares not. Birds are descended from small carnivorous dinosaurs. Both crocodiles and dinosaurs share a common ancestor that lived in the early Triassic.
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∙ 13y agoAlligators,Caimans,Gharial,are the Crocodiles relatives.
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∙ 12y agois a diplodicus a reptile
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What are crocodiles relatives?
Alligators,gharials,caimans,sarcosuchus,deinosuchus,and other crocodiles.
What are two close relatives of crocodiles?
Allegator and camine
Why are alligators and dinosaurs relatives?
Both crocodiles (alligators and crocodiles) and dinosaurs are descended from a group of reptiles called archosaurs, which emerged in the Triassic period.
The closest relatives of the crocodile are?
The closest relatives to crocodiles are alligators + caimans. The closest relatives to both of these were the dinosaurs, and these days it's probably other reptiles and lizards.
Was the Dilophosaurus smart?
It was intelligent enough- probably on par with crocodiles and birds (its closest living relatives).
What other reptiles are related to crocodiles?
Crocodilians are most closely related to birds, sharing a common ancestor with them in the archosaur group. Other reptiles that are distantly related to crocodiles include turtles, snakes, lizards, and tuataras.
What animal is a cousin to the giraffe?
Oddly, the closest living relatives of crocodilians are birds, due to crocodiles being related to dinosaurs. After that, the next closest relatives would be lizards and snakes.
Is there any dinosaurs still life on earth?
No . shamefully dinosaurs were extinct billions of years ago But there are relatives of the dinosaurs like birds and crocodiles
Did every dinosaur get wiped out in years ago?
Yes, but some relatives of the dinosaurs (alligators, crocodiles, some fish, birds, and chickens) live on.
Are there any living relatives of the dinosaur?
Yes. In fact birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs, and many consider them to be dinosaurs. Crocodiles are also related to dinosaurs.
What types of dragons are alive?
We have what are thought to be relatives of them such as crocodiles and serpents since these 2 animals are closely related to the myths. We also have the Komodo dragon and sea dragons
Do American crocodiles have facts?
The most intriguing thing about American crocodiles is despite the fact that they are bigger than American alligators and caimans (and smaller than Nile and saltwater crocodiles), they are not man-eaters like their other relatives and are in fact the one crocodilian subspecies that would not want to attack people. Instead, they are shy and would rather avoid people whenever they can.
