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turtles and crocodiles are all part of the clade known as reptiles. based on the phylogenetic tree, which statement(s) is false?

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The false statement is that birds are ancestors of dinosaurs.

The four main groups of living reptiles are dinosaurs, crocodilians, lizards/snakes, and turtles/tortoises. The next two groups are made up of the highly specialized archosaurs, which have existed for 225 million years! The living reptiles that are most similar to birds are called archosaurs.

Crocodiles and birds are most closely linked. Therapsids, a group of reptiles, split off about 40 million years later (very swiftly by geological standards), evolving into modern mammals. Over the subsequent 120 million years, many reptile species diverged, and the dinosaurs, one of these branches, flourished. However, all dinosaurs perished 65 million years ago, with the exception of a small type of feathered dinosaurs. Over the ensuing 65 million years, these transformed into modern birds. Birds are therefore not simply closely related to dinosaurs; they are dinosaurs themselves!

Hence, dinosaur are ancestors of birds

Turtles and crocodiles are all part of the clade known as reptiles. Based on the phylogenetic tree to the right, which statement(s) is FALSE?

A) Birds are reptiles.

B) Birds are ancestors of dinosaurs.

C) Birds are more evolved than turtles.

1) A, B, and C

2) B and C

3) A only

4) B only

5) C only

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