But to say birds are reptiles is a massive oversimplification, just like phylogenetic trees in general

and you saying its wrong because it dosent match your system

untill the end tho

@Σ5 what's up with the spellings?

because im not good at spelling

oh okay that's cool

also i tend to type too fast

It's over simplified not incorrect, but birds are reptiles is my pet peeve

birds are reptiles what?

ok

did i just read that?

in phylogenic clasification they are

@dumblebore 🌈 they evolved from dinosaurs

they are still dinosaurs

oh

like the flying ones?

?

pterosaurs are not dinosaurs

small feathered Dino's became modern birds

well they still are dinosaurs in phylogenic clasification

oh

so how did they get to flying?

in linaean clasification idk

they use the feathers to insulate themselves and the eggs

the longer feathers where used for the eggs

my school taught me that aves is a separate class only, just like reptiles and mammals lol

eventually they where able to use the feathers to propell themselves

ah

in lineaen clasification aves is seperate

@Moist Mayonnaise to put it into a term you'd understand it's like arguing about aether being consistent with special realtivity. Small details that don't really matter but easy to be mistaken about

they used the feathers to propell themselves in aiding climbing trees

then eventually that led to gliding and then flying

That's only one theory, the other one is that they chased flying bugs and that's how I they began flying

well thast one way

so because they've descended from dinosaurs, they should be classified as reptiles?

gliding from trees or just rnning on land

@dumblebore 🌈 yes, but mammals are also descended from reptiles

because they evolved from reptiles they are by deffinition reptiles in phylogenic clasification

So you need to make a distinction and not use only one classification

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/questions/birds-dinosaurs-reptiles

what we call the first reptile is kinda arbitrary tho