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r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 29d ago
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Nope, birds ARE dinosaurs. Not related. Most people actually don't know this lol
18 u/pseudoHappyHippy 29d ago And by extension there is no cladistically valid way to define reptiles without including the birds. Alligators are literally closer in relation to penguins than they are to lizards, or any other reptile for that matter. 9 u/ryan77999 29d ago Evolution is funny like that. Like how whales are closer to humans than they are to fish 5 u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago You will probably love Clint's Reptiles: Animal Phylogenies. He goes over every clade he can from extinct to extant.
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And by extension there is no cladistically valid way to define reptiles without including the birds. Alligators are literally closer in relation to penguins than they are to lizards, or any other reptile for that matter.
9 u/ryan77999 29d ago Evolution is funny like that. Like how whales are closer to humans than they are to fish 5 u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago You will probably love Clint's Reptiles: Animal Phylogenies. He goes over every clade he can from extinct to extant.
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Evolution is funny like that. Like how whales are closer to humans than they are to fish
5 u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago You will probably love Clint's Reptiles: Animal Phylogenies. He goes over every clade he can from extinct to extant.
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You will probably love Clint's Reptiles: Animal Phylogenies. He goes over every clade he can from extinct to extant.
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u/DizzyGlizzy029 29d ago
Nope, birds ARE dinosaurs. Not related. Most people actually don't know this lol