Message from @Σ5
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ye
their features all average out to it being a reptile
being warmblooded was the only reason they got feathers
That's a reach
That's a huge reach
geting feathers and being warm blooded is a strong difrence and would make it effected by difrent natural selective forces
you are bound to get something that looks quite difrent
We don't know why Dino's got feathers yet, but we have a few theories as to why they started flying
ye
teh feather is quite complex
it can only really evolve once
That's not quite true
Eyes in their complexity have evolved several different ways
other dinosaurs had things what weren't really feathers but more like spikes of protofeathers (basicly what baby chicks have)
feathers in there structure
eyes can evolve difrent ways but they are essentially difrent
in the topology and structure
feathers are more unlikely
what i mean is the exact structure
its the only remaining line of a sister group of lizards
its also a single genus
it is also the only surviving TRUE diapsid
Yeah I know Henry the Tuatara
ye
I've got a zoology degree from NZ so I know my native species quite well
tuatara scull
clearly a diapsid
(diapsid means it has 2 temporal holes on each side)
Yes
I know
komoto dragon
it lost the bottom bridge of the bottom apsid
Yeah I know, this change was also present in transition species from lizard to mammals
true
As well as a change in gait
And tooth changes
turtles are strictly anapsids but they evolved from diapsids