Paleontology

[Exeres]

Dinosaurs are reptiles.

WHAT NOW.

[Komodoensis]

Dinosaurs are reptiles.

WHAT NOW.

Dinosaurs are reptiles and birds.
Synapsids are reptiles and mammals.
We're all lizards.
WHATNOW.

[[Citation Needed]]

We're all lizards.

Oh oh oh oh I'm a Silurian. :D

[Exeres]

THAT'S TOO GENERAL.

Dinosaurs are reptiles, but it doesn't work backwards. It's like saying a rectangle isn't always a square, but a square is always a rectangle. Dinosaurs are a sub-set of reptiles, and modern birds are the descendants of dinosaurs. Synapsids are NOT dinosaurs. Never never never. Synapsids cover mammal-like reptiles which eventually grew into mammals.

THIS IS SO EXCITING GUYS KEEP IT UP.

[Komodoensis]

THAT'S TOO GENERAL.

Dinosaurs are reptiles, but it doesn't work backwards. It's like saying a rectangle isn't always a square, but a square is always a rectangle. Dinosaurs are a sub-set of reptiles, and modern birds are the descendants of dinosaurs. Synapsids are NOT dinosaurs. Never never never. Synapsids cover mammal-like reptiles which eventually grew into mammals.

THIS IS SO EXCITING GUYS KEEP IT UP.

UHUHUHUHUHUH.
Never said anything about Synapsids being Dinosaurs.
I said Synapsids are Reptiles and Mammals.
Never stated they were dinosaurs.

But yeah, were all Eukaryotes, all based from basic cells that branched off into the rest of the classification table.

[Exeres]

Moby - We Are All Made of Stars

Your move, KOMO.

[Komodoensis]

Moby - We Are All Made of Stars

Your move, KOMO.

Were all made of organs which are made of tissue which are made of cells which are made of molecules which are made of atoms which are made of stars.
I'm just sayin'.

[Exeres]

Moby - We Are All Made of Stars

Your move, KOMO.

*STUFF STUFF STUFF* which are made of atoms which are made of stars.
I'm just sayin'.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID.

[Komodoensis]

Moby - We Are All Made of Stars

Your move, KOMO.

*STUFF STUFF STUFF* which are made of atoms which are made of stars.
I'm just sayin'.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID.

OH WELL MAN I'M STUPID. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT DINOSAURS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC LIFE.
WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT NORTH KOREA HERE.

But yeah, you think a large amount of Dinosaurs had feathers? Such as theropods?

[Kiyske]

No, I think it was mainly dinosaurs like the Raptors that developed feathers.

[Exeres]

Indeed. I'm not sure how far the feather trait goes. A feathered Stegosaurus would just look weird as hell. It's definitely a Theropod thing, at least.

[Shoolis]

Dinosaurs.

[Crawfish]

I remember watching a dinosaur thing on the discovery channel that said appurently T-rex had feathers too.

He can pull it off though.

[DoNotDelete]

Feathers probably originally developed as a means for an animal to keep warm, so may have been prevalent across a wide range of saurid species.

Feathers as a means of flight undoubtedly developed completely through beneficial mutational accident, as is true with all evolution.

[Kiyske]

....Sarcosuchus vs. Titanoboa. Discuss.