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What organism is the whale most closely related?
Whales are related to the even-toed hoofed mammals. Whales are most closely related to modern hippos, and should share a common ancestor with them.
What organisms arose during the Cenozoic era?
During the Cenozoic era, mammals flourished, with the emergence of many modern groups such as primates, rodents, and hoofed mammals. Birds also diversified, along with flowering plants and insects. Additionally, marine life saw the rise of modern fish and marine mammals like whales and dolphins.
What is ambulocetus an ancestor to?
Animals of the genus Ambulocetus are intermediaries between basal mammals and modern whales, and possibly ancestral to modern whales.
How many dinsaurus are mammals?
No dinosaurs were mammals, but reptiles. "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard." Though there may be a link between dinosaurs and modern birds.
Are dinosaurs the oldest mammals?
No. Dinosaurs were not mammals. They were more closely related to birds and modern reptiles than they were to mammals.
What are similar species to an elephant are?
Similar species to an elephant include mammoths, mastodons, and modern-day rhinoceroses. These animals belong to the same family, Proboscidea, and share physical characteristics such as large size, tusks, and trunk-like appendages.
Are all mammals marsupial?
No. Marsupials are just one of three groups of mammals. The other two are monotremes and placental mammals. The vast majority of modern mammals are placental.
Mammals of the Cenozoic era that resembled the modern deer?
Oredons
Are humans monotremes?
No. Like most modern mammals, humans are placental mammals. The only living monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.
Did mammals evolve from dinosaurs?
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.
What mammals are in the group allotheria?
Allotheria are an extinct class of mammals that lived in the mesozoic period. They resembled large rats or modern opossums.
When mammals thrived?
EOCENE - from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
