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The group of vertebrates most closely related to birds are probably the dinosaurs.
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Current research indicates that dinosaurs are closely related to what animal group?
Birds
Are modern birds more closely related to archaeopteryx or the first reptiles?
A evolutionary form of a bird. It had wings and feathers but still probably acted like a dinosaur but im not sure.
What modern group is most closely related to dinosaurs?
The closest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds.
Are birds more related to lizards than turtles?
In terms of lineage, yes. Birds are descended from dinosaurs, which, along with lizards, belong to a group of reptiles called diapsids. Turtles come from a separate group of reptiles called anapsids.
What group of dinosaurs was arcyopteryex?
Archeopteryx belongs to the group Aves, which are a subgroup of Theropoda. They were closely related to the link between dinosaurs and birds.
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.
Which group of fishes are most closely related to the ancestral amphibians?
Birds. Reptiles are also vertebrates.
How are birds related to T-Rex if the key Rex was one of the last dinosaur to be killed?
They are not very closely related to Tyrannosaurus. All carnivorous dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus belonged to a group called theropods. Birds evolved from a group of small theropods related to the dinosaurs colloquially called raptors. Tyrannosaurs were a distinct group of theropods from the one that produced birds.
Are t rex velociraptor and chickens related?
Yes. Birds branched off from a group of dinosaurs called theropods, which included all carnivorous dinosaurs such as T. rex and velociraptor. Velociraptor was very closely related to birds.
Did mammals evolve from a group of reptiles called raptors?
No. Mammals evolved from a group of reptiles called cynodonts. "Raptor" is an informal term for a group of dinosaurs call dromaeosaurids, which were closely related to the ancestors of birds.
A group of closely related orders?
I think it is called family. Hope this helps.
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.
