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Dinosaurs are most closely related to birds to the extent that birds are cnsidered a branch of dinosaurs.
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Which birds are most closely related to dinosaurs?
No modern bird is more closely related to dinosaurs than any other.
What group of vertebrae is most closely related to birds?
The group of vertebrates most closely related to birds are probably the dinosaurs.
What modern group is most closely related to dinosaurs?
The closest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds.
Is crocodiles modern reptile most closely related to dinosaurs?
yes
Are hawks more closely related to a bat a shark or an alligator.?
In terms of evolution, hawks are most closely related to alligators. This is because birds evolved from dinosaurs and both alligators and dinosaurs are archosaurs.
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 dinosaurs more closely related to amphibians or mammals?
Dinosaurs are more closely related to mammals. Both mammals and dinosaurs share a reptilian ancestor that they don't share with amphibians.
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.
Is Komodo dragons related to dinosaurs?
Yes they are, though there are closer relatives of dinosaurs. Crocodiles and alligators are more closely related to dinosaurs than lizards such as the komodo dragon are. Even more closely related are birds.
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...
Is Tuatara a dinosaur?
No. Tuataras are more closely related to lizards and snakes than to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to crocodiles and even more closely related to birds, which are their only living descendants.
What are some relatives of dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs are very closely related to birds, which are thought to have evolved directlly from them.
