Mammals appeared in the fossil record before dinosaurs, with the first mammal-like reptiles evolving around 300 million years ago. Dinosaurs evolved later and became dominant during the Mesozoic Era, while mammals diversified and evolved into various forms alongside dinosaurs.
During the Mesozoic Era, most mammals were small, nocturnal, and likely insectivorous. They were overshadowed by larger reptiles like dinosaurs and did not become the dominant group of animals until after the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic.
"Age of the dinosaurs" is a common nickname for the Mesozoic Era because it was a period when dinosaurs dominated the Earth.
No, early mammals did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs. The extinction of dinosaurs is believed to have been caused by a combination of factors, such as a large asteroid impact and volcanic activity, which led to drastic environmental changes that the dinosaurs could not survive. Mammals actually flourished and diversified after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
No way! There were thousands of species of reptiles that lived both during, before, and after the dinosaurs lived on earth. There were the synapsid reptiles, as well as the anapsid reptiles, which were mostly gone when the dinosaurs arrived. There were also many diapsid reptiles that lived during the time the dinosaurs did. Such species include deinosuchus, dimetrodon, gorgonops, Quetzalcoatlus, and rutiodon. Dinosaurs were not reptiles themelves. They evolved from reptiles, many had warm blood even feathers,
no dinosaurs were reptiles and we are mammals.
No. Mammals evolved from synapsid reptiles, a group not closely related to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles and birds than they are to mammals.
No. Dinosaurs are currently considered reptiles and are not related to mammals.
reptiles because of the dinosaurs
Neither...They were reptiles. dinosaurs were nether amphibians or mammals they were all reptiles, though they are more closely related to birds.
No. Dinosaurs were not mammals. They were more closely related to birds and modern reptiles than they were to mammals.
Dinosaurs and mammals evolved from two separate branches of reptiles. Mammals evolved from synapisid reptiles (all of which are not extinct) while dinosaurs along with the modern branches of reptiles evolved from sauropsids. So dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles than they are to mammals. In more recent years scientist tend to agree that birds are in fact a surviving branch of dinosaurs.
No, dinosaurs are more related to reptiles and birds.
There are more mammals because of the dinosaurs.
Nope, humans are mammals. Mammals emerged shortly after the dinosaurs did, evolving from a very distant group of reptiles.
Only mammals have sweat glands. Dinosaurs were reptiles, so they did not have sweat glands.
No dinosaurs were mammals, but reptiles. "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard." Though there may be a link between dinosaurs and modern birds.