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No, its actually the other way around: birds evolved from dinosaurs. However, some new hypotheses have been raised that suggest that the raptor dinosaurs (such as Velociraptor and Deinonychus) were actually a type of flightless bird. This hasn't been confirmed yet, but birds still evolved from dinosaurs, specifically the theropods.
Answer:Birds do have many features in common with theropods (bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs) which suggests that they had a common ancestor. It is generally believed that this common ancestor was a dinosaur but it may well have been a bird (see related links).Looking back in time through the theropod fossil record, these dinosaurs appear to be more bird-like the further back in time you look. Raptors are known to have had feathers and were fairly bird-like, but Archaeopteryx was much more bird-like and lived much earlier and may have been an ancestor of the raptors. There is also a controversial fossil called Protoavis that was dated even earlier and was more bird-like still, with hollow bones like modern birds.
So ancient birds may have existed before the dinosaurs and theropods may be descended from them. We have little record of these ancient birds though because their more fragile, hollow bones reduce the chances of any fossils surviving to the present day.
What else can I help you with?
Did dinosaurs evolve into birds before or after a meteor killed all the dinosaurs?
Birds evolved in the late Jurassic Period about 150 to 145 million years ago. This was about 90 to 95 million years before the asteroid impact that marked the K-T extinction event.Just a sub note that most scientist recognise that birds are a specialised branch of the therapod dinosaur. Birds are dinosaurs in the same way cats are mammals.
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.
Are turkeys dinosaurs?
No. Turtle are from a branch of reptiles completely separate from dinosaurs.
Did dinosaurs morph into early birds?
In all likelihood, yes. Their are mountains of evidence pointing to birds having a dinosaur ancestor.
What are the living ancestors of dinosaurs?
Birds are considered the living ancestors of dinosaurs. Modern birds evolved from a group of two-legged dinosaurs known as theropods, which also included the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. Birds share many similar traits with their dinosaur ancestors, such as hollow bones and feathers.
Did dinosaurs evolve into reptiles?
No. Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Did birds evolve from lizards?
No, birds didn't evolve from lizards, but they did evolve from dinosaurs, a different group of reptiles. Dinosaurs are different from lizards especially because of their hip structure. Birds descended from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods (bipedal carnivores)
Did birds ever evolve to dinosaurs?
No. It's the other way around. A branch of the dinosaurs evolved into birds.
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.
Does the wolf eat dinosaurs?
Wolves didn't evolve until long after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. However, birds are considered dinosaurs, and wolves do sometimes eat birds, so I would say that wolves do eat dinosaurs.
Did birds evolve from the gliding called pterosaurs?
No. Birds evolved from a group of small carnivorous dinosaurs related to the "raptors."
Why have dinosaurs not changes since before the time of dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs are extinct, buddy. I don't know what planet you live on, but they've been gone for a long time. And they did evolve, they turned into birds and mammals. Robert, they likely did not evolve into mammals, the mammals were already there. Although, I will give you credit on birds, due to the Archaeopteryx.
How did birds evolve from reptiles?
But they did. Specifically, birds evolved from a subgroup of dinosaurs (which were reptiles) known as theropods. There is a lot of fossil and anatomical evidence for this.
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 parrots in the time when dinosaurs were alive?
In the sense that birds are dinosaurs, and thus that dinosaurs are still alive, yes. However they were not alive when non-avian dinosaurs were around. Parrots did not evolve until a few million years after non-avian dinosaurs died out.
Are dinosaur birds mammals?
Birds are now classed as dinosaurs, but most dinosaurs were not birds. Neither dinosaurs nor birds are mammals.
Which animal was alive first birds or dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs evolved first and then some dinosaurs evolved into birds. So all birds are technically dinosaurs.
