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Dinosaurs evolved from more primitive reptiles, very much like lizards. The evolutionary step that made them so successful was putting their legs directly underneath their bodies so they could stand upright with the stability of bones rather that with the strength of muscles. This allowed them to put on more weight than would have been possible for a land-dwelling animal with limbs at its sides, as with the lizards and frogs.
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∙ 16y agothey evolved from other more ancient species of reptiles and basicly were able to survive better because they were more agile and better hunters
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Did apes evolve from dinosaurs?
No! It has been a theory but they did not. Although I am a Christian.
What was the positive result of the dinosaur extinction?
The extinction of the dinosaurs is one of the many events that allowed humans to evolve. After the dinosaurs died out, mammals began to occupy the world they left behind. Mammals grew and diversified, spreading throughout the Earth, and eventually giving rise to humans.
Did dinosaurs evolve into birds before or after a meteor killed all the dinosaurs?
Birds evolved in the late Jurassic Period about 150 to 145 million years ago. This was about 90 to 95 million years before the asteroid impact that marked the K-T extinction event.Just a sub note that most scientist recognise that birds are a specialised branch of the therapod dinosaur. Birds are dinosaurs in the same way cats are mammals.
Are turkeys dinosaurs?
No. Turtle are from a branch of reptiles completely separate from dinosaurs.
What will probably be without the dinosaurs extinct?
For one thing, humans wouldn't exist. If the dinosaurs had survived, the small mammals that would have eventually evolved into humans wouldn't have had the chance. Most large mammals - lions, elephants, moose, kangaroos, etc. - wouldn't have had the chance to evolve either. All the big, widespread species would be reptiles or birds.
Did dinosaurs evolve into reptiles?
No. Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Did birds evolve from lizards?
No, birds didn't evolve from lizards, but they did evolve from dinosaurs, a different group of reptiles. Dinosaurs are different from lizards especially because of their hip structure. Birds descended from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods (bipedal carnivores)
When did the piranha first evolve?
in the dinosaurs epoch
When did dinosaurs evolve?
Dinosaurs evolved 225 million years ago in the Late Triassic.
Did any dinosaurs live in the Cambrian Era?
No. In the Bambrian Era, dinosaurs had yet to evolve.
Did primates evolve before dinosaurs became extinct?
no
Why did the dinosaurs evolved?
They didn't evolve! They went extinct.
What did tigers evolve from?
Tigers evolved from a common ancestor shared with other big cats like lions, leopards, and jaguars. This ancestor dates back millions of years to a group of animals known as feliforms, which eventually diversified into the various big cat species we see today.
Did birds ever evolve to dinosaurs?
No. It's the other way around. A branch of the dinosaurs evolved into birds.
Where elephants here before dinosaurs?
Mammals did not evolve until dinosaurs were prolific when they did appear they were very small and very scarce when dinosaurs died out.
Did apes evolve from dinosaurs?
No! It has been a theory but they did not. Although I am a Christian.
Did horses develop during the last days of the dinosaurs?
No, horses did not evolve alongside dinosaurs. The earliest horses evolved shortly after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.
