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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. 5 u/DizzyGlizzy029 29d ago That's why I love science lol. It's so wacky 3 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.
5 u/DizzyGlizzy029 29d ago That's why I love science lol. It's so wacky 3 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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That's why I love science lol. It's so wacky
3 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