answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Dinosaurs evolved into birds. First by growing feathers (probably for mating displays, then flight)

Answer:Birds do have many features in common with theropods (bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs) which suggests that they had a common ancestor. We dont know that this common ancestor was a dinosaur though. It may well have been a bird (see related links).

Looking back in time through the theropod fossil record, these dinosaurs appear to be more bird-like the further back in time you look. Raptors are known to have had feathers and were fairly bird-like, but Archaeopteryx was much more bird-like and lived much earlier and may have been an ancestor of the raptors. There is also a controversial fossil called Protoavis that was dated even earlier and was more bird-like still, with hollow bones like modern birds.

So birds may have been around throughout the mesozoic era and even pre-date the dinosaurs. We have little record of them though because their hollow bones decompose very easily so are less likely to leave fossils. We do have some very ancient bird footprints though (see link).

It may be more accurate to call the theropods Flightless Birds, rather than calling birds dinosaurs.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

According to the current consensus, all birds are dinosaurs. The primae example that many refer to, however, is archaeopteryx.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

dinosaurs did not fly. you may be thinking of pterosaurs. they were not dinosaurs the first pterosaur was petinosaurs

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

Birds are theropod dinosaurs in the Saurischia clade.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

archaeopterx

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Archaeopteryx

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the dinosaur that is a bird?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What kind of dinosaur that live the Philippines?

A Dinosaur Bird


Is a bird adapted from a dinosaur?

no


What is the closets thing to a dinosaur?

A bird.


What is a bird in the Jurassic period?

A Dinosaur :D


What is a teradacktel?

A flying bird-like dinosaur.


Is a dinosaur a mammal or a bird?

A penguin is a bird. Many scientists say that makes it a dinosaur as well as birds can be classified as the only surviving branch of the dinosaurs.


What are the release dates for Dinosaur Train - 2009 The Old Bird?

Dinosaur Train - 2009 The Old Bird was released on: USA: 19 November 2010


What could you conclude if a dinosaur fossil and a bird fossil were found in the same layer of rocks?

We would conclude that the bird and the dinosaur lived around the same time.


What are the ratings and certificates for 3rd and Bird - 2008 Dinosaur 1-16?

3rd and Bird - 2008 Dinosaur 1-16 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G


What is the difference between a bird and a dinosaur?

There is no such thing as a dinosaur that flys. The difference between a pteradoctyl and a bird is: Birds have feathers and pteradoctyl's don't. The difference between a oviraptor and a bird is: Oviraptor have hands and birds have wings.


Is a dodo bird a dinosaur?

Not in the traditional sense of dinosaurs, a dodo bird is not a dinosaur. "Classic" dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, whereas dodo birds only went extinct recently (a few hundred years). However, many scientists today agree that birds as a whole are dinosaurs.


What can a bird do to kill a dinosaur?

Birds and dinosaurs existed at different time periods. Therefore, birds cannot fight, let alone kill, a dinosaur, so a bird can't do anything to kill a dinosaur. i love Amy