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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.
Are birds reptiles or mammals?
Birds are neither reptiles nor mammals. They are a separate class of vertebrate animals called Aves. Birds share characteristics with both reptiles and mammals, but they have distinct features that set them apart, such as feathers, beaks, and laying eggs.
Are penguins reptiles?
No, penguins are not reptiles. They are actually birds, belonging to the group of flightless birds classified as Spheniscidae. Penguins are known for their distinctive black and white coloration and their unique adaptation to aquatic life.
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.
How are birds reptiles?
The reptile clade includes the tuatara, lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians, and birds. Birds are considered reptiles now to make the phylogenetic tree monophyletic. Opposite to popular belief, the reptile clade is not entirely ectothermic; ( the absorption of external heat as the main source of body heat) birds are endothermic, capable of keeping the body warm through metabolism.
Are parrots reptile?
parrots are birds not reptiles But there is a chance that they are related to reptiles since they are related to dinosaurs which are/ were reptiles
Are dinosaurs related to mammals?
No, dinosaurs are more related to reptiles and birds.
What group of vertebrates is most related to birds?
Reptiles
Are birds closest to mammals or reptiles?
While at first glance birds seem similar to mammals, they are more closely related to reptiles.
What other chordate are birds most closely related to?
reptiles
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.
Is the chicken related to reptiles?
Technically all living organisms are related. Birds (including chickens) are, however, descended from reptiles. Birds evloved from small, carnivorous dinosaurs in the late Jurassic period.
Are animals related to birds?
Birds are more closely related to reptiles than they are to mammals. Birds, reptiles, and mammals all belong to a group of vertebrates called amniotes, which split off from amphibians. Amniotes split into two groups soon after they evolved: true reptiles and synapsids. Mammals are the only living synapsids today. Dinosaurs branched off from the reptiles and birds then evolved from the dinosaurs.
How are birds and lizards related?
And they are most closely related to crocodiles, which also came from archosaurs. This is what most people mean when they say that birds are reptiles, although technically, according to the phylogenetic system, birds, reptiles, and mammals all share a reptile-like ancestor.
Which reptile is most related to birds?
Of reptiles that are alive today, crocodiles and alligators are most closely related to birds, as they are both descended from the archosaur branch.
Are birds and reptiles amphibians?
No. Birds and reptiles are separate from amphibians.
Do birds eat reptiles?
There are certain birds that eat reptiles.
