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Mammals are not closely related to reptiles

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Are reptiles more closey related to mammals or to fishes?

they are closer to mammals


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.


Is a hummingbird more closely related to reptiles or mammals?

Reptiles


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.


Why are reptiles related to mammals?

Reptiles and mammals are both members of the kingdom Animalia. They are also both vertebrates.


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.


Are dinosaurs related to mammals?

No, dinosaurs are more related to reptiles and birds.


Are birds closest to mammals or reptiles?

While at first glance birds seem similar to mammals, they are more closely related to reptiles.


Do you believe that dinosaurs were ever mammals?

No. Dinosaurs are currently considered reptiles and are not related to mammals.


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.


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.