And dinosaur depictions look more and more like chickens these days... Where have all the terrible lizards gone?
because biologists have recognized that the whole order is actually transitional. that, and we keep finding dinosaurs that have feathers, like this one.
Dinosaur, yes.
Avian, unlikely
avain dinosaurs are what we call the whole group dinosaurs that exhibit avian features, such as feathers. there's at least a dozen of them, probably more.
Sister to birds, probably. But us BAND people still waiting for the pre-Archaeopteryx raptor.
well, you might be looking at it. when was this one around?
sister, probably. evolution very rarely makes a direct path. this one's just closer to the common ancestor in the amily tree than modern birds.
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