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The question is, if evolution covers a reptile in feathers to give it better traits for flying and nature selects smaller specimen as flying consumes alot of en
by rickdeckard 4y ago
The question is, if evolution covers a reptile in feathers to give it better traits for flying and nature selects smaller specimen as flying consumes alot of energy, how much would a flying reptile actually differ from a bird today...?
- Sharlin 4y agoPterosaurs were entirely distinct and evolved flight independently from the Aves lineage, indeed they weren’t even dinosaurs (they were related to dinosaurs via common superclade Archosauria, like modern reptiles and crocodilians). They generated lift with flaps of skin much more similar to bat wings than bird wings. Had they survived the K/Pg extinction, we might indeed have flying reptiles that don’t look much like wings.