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Are modern birds more closely related to archaeopteryx or the first reptiles?
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∙ 7y ago
A evolutionary form of a bird. It had wings and feathers but still probably acted like a dinosaur but im not sure.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoThey are more closely related to archaeopteryx. Birds evolved from a group of dinosaurs closely related to achaeopteryx.
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∙ 7y agoThe are more closely related to archaeopteryx. While archaeopteryx is not a direct ancestor of modern birds, it is very closely related to that ancestor.
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Which are crocodiles more closely realted to birds ot rabbits?
Yes, but not very closely. Specifically, crocodiles and Liopleurodon are diapsid reptiles, but that is a very large grouping of animals indeed. To illustrate, crocodiles are more closely related to chickens than they are to Liopleurodon, on account of chickens being archosaurs, just as crocodiles are. Liopleurodon belongs to the pliosaurs, a group of extinct marine reptiles with relatively short necks. They are thought to be more closely related to lizards and snakes than to crocodiles. The external similarities between Liopleurodon and crocodiles (that long snout with a multitude of sharp teeth, for example) are due to convergent evolution, not a close evolutionary relationship. However, there did exist "marine crocodiles" that lived at about the same time as pliosaurs like Liopleurodon that were much more closely related to modern crocodiles, i.e. Thalattosuchians.
What traits are shared by the archaeopteryx and moderrn birds?
Archaeopteryx had three main features that modern birds do not. First, they had a toothed beak. Second, they had three fingers on the front fringe of the wing. Third, they had a long bony tail.
What five probable ancestors of the modern bird robin are shown on the cladogram?
Theropods - Allosaurus - Sinornis - Velociraptor - Archaeopteryx
Archeopteryx is a connecting link between reptiles and birds?
Fossil bird Archaeopteryx possessed long tail, teeth in jaws, long neck with cervical vertebrae, all are reptilian characters. Like birds, it had wings and beak. It was warmblooded. Hence, Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between reptiles and birds.
What is a bird's first flight called?
A baby bird that is just learning to fly is called a fledgling.
Archaeopteryx is believed to be a link between which modern animal group?
Archaeopteryx is not believed to be an ancestor to any modern animals. However, it was probably closely related to the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.
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 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.
What group of reptiles exemplified by the fossil Archaeopteryx led to the evolution of?
Archaeopteryx is considered the 1st Bird. It was from a long line of Avian dinosaurs which are very very closely related to the Raptor family of Therapod Dinosaurs. The morphology of avian dinosaurs and modern birds are so similar many scientist class birds as avian dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs closer to amphibians than to reptiles?
They are generally considered reptiles, though some think they should have their own class.
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.
The extinct animal archaeopteryx is believed to be a link between two modern animal groups which are they?
Birds and reptiles.
Are lizards the evolved version of a dinosaur just smaller?
No. Lizards evolved from a separate group of reptiles and, as far as reptiles go, are not closely related to dinosaurs. The modern "evolved form" of the dinosaurs is actually the birds.
Why aren't dinosaurs mammals?
Dinosaurs and mammals evolved from two separate branches of reptiles. Mammals evolved from synapisid reptiles (all of which are not extinct) while dinosaurs along with the modern branches of reptiles evolved from sauropsids. So dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles than they are to mammals. In more recent years scientist tend to agree that birds are in fact a surviving branch of dinosaurs.
Is a goose related to a dinosaur?
Yes, In fact, experts believe that Dinosaurs are more closely related to Birds than modern-day reptiles. Before Dinosaurs died out, some evolved into Birds. When the disaster struck that wiped out the Dinosaurs, the Birds survived. You can see how closely related Dinosaurs and Birds are by comparing a Compsognathus (small Dinosaur) skeleton to an Archaeopteryx (early prehistoric bird) skeleton, and you will notice that they are very similar.
What animal has found to be related to dinosaur?
A pterodactyl is technically not a dinosaur people just think it is. But, it certainly is a very very close relation to the dinosaurs, belong to a group of reptiles called pterosaurs. Even more closely related to dinosaurs are modern birds.
Which birds are most closely related to dinosaurs?
No modern bird is more closely related to dinosaurs than any other.
