A Question of Dinosaur Science

Since I happen to be a dino-geek, many books that I have read state that birds evolved from small carnivorous dinos like Compys. But...Compys have hollow bones, like modern birds, but the supposed missing link between the dino-bird evolution, Archeopteryx, had solid bones. And now they're stating that the small carnivorous dinosaurs evolved into birds over time, and other prehistoric birds, such as Confusicornis and Hesperornis (but NOT Pteranodon or other pterosaurs), are now types of dinosaurs. But I say that is...out of place. Dinosaurs are reptiles, while birds are related to mammals.

So the big question is...do you think birds are classified as a type of dinosaur?

Since this is more of a debate than a poll, I'll move it to Other Chat and hope that nothing bad happens <_<;

[will edit with my opinion later]

*Has been a major dino fan since age 5* Yup, I do think that birds are related to dinosaurs. It's a known fact that some larger dinosaurs (E.G Tyranosaurus Rex) has feathers when they were younger...


~Eli

No... Simply because I belive that birds didn't evolve from dinos, I belive they evolved from mammals.

Well even if I did believe in the existence of dinosaurs, I'd find it hard to believe that birds evolved from the dinosaurs. But since I disbelieve the dinosaurs, I dont have to deal with it.

Yes they are i think i really like dinasours but not science

You really don't want my opinion...
Because I believe nothing evolved... <_<
*is a Christian, therefore a Creationist*

In my opinion, it all depends on your outlook, I find it hard to believe birds are considered to be related to dinos. but if there's prook, I still may not believe it.

Eliana said:

*Has been a major dino fan since age 5* Yup, I do think that birds are related to dinosaurs. It's a known fact that some larger dinosaurs (E.G Tyranosaurus Rex) has feathers when they were younger...


~Eli

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wow, dinosours might be related to birds? Very stange, I have no idea about dinosours so I have no idea.

There's this jerk kid at my school who I suspect is related to dinosaurs.

Lol, hey not all dino's are bad ya know ;3

Datriot- It all depends on opinion. It's kinda weird that I think that since I'm a Jew and stuff and the Bible has a whole different out look so...;3 There's many different opinions~

I'm with Robo-sama on this one.

Although the families are distantly related ^^ Bone structures is about 90% of the tie.