r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Winter-Actuary-9659 29d ago

I know, I mean specifically that kind of small dinosaur is likely an ancestor of the modern chicken.

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u/Curious_Viking89 29d ago

Except that's a tyrannosaur chick. And tyrannosaurs aren't the ancestors of chickens

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u/DizzyGlizzy029 29d ago

Yeah, birds are basically dromarosauridae. Which means the tyrannosaur is related to the chicken, but not an ancestor if I remember correctly 

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u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago edited 29d ago

Slight correction, birds are not dromaeosaurs, they are avialae. They are related through being paraves.

For comparison, cats and dogs are both a part of the carnivora clade. However, cats are felidae and dogs caninae.

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u/DizzyGlizzy029 28d ago

Ahh yes, your right. I see now. So dromarosauridae is related to birds (avialae) through paraves. Makes sense. I got confused, I thought sense paraves was in dromarosauridae. I just messed up.