Re: bird evolution

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:05:13 +0000, George Prehmus wrote:

> A couple of years ago an article on this group said that birds evolved
> from reptiles.  I thought they came from dinosaurs.  Which is correct?

Both correct. Dinosaurs were reptiles.

> At another point, it stated that all dinosaurs were bipeds.  Is that
> correct?  If so where does that leave such animals as brontosaurus,
> triceratops etc.?

Theropods (bird ancestor) were bipedal, not all dinosaurs.

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Gautam Majumdar

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