Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:37:55 UTC No. 16553821

>>16553816
ITT: OP doesn't read footnotes.
Dinosaurs (including birds) are members of the natural group Reptilia. Their biology does not precisely correspond to the antiquated class Reptilia of Linnaean taxonomy, consisting of cold-blooded amniotes without fur or feathers. As Linnean taxonomy was formulated for modern animals prior to the study of evolution and paleontology, it fails to account for extinct animals with intermediate traits between traditional classes.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:43:43 UTC No. 16553824

>>16553821
"Intermediary" animals can make any animal anything else
Go far enough back and we're reptiles too

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:50:13 UTC No. 16553833

>>16553824
Synapsids and sauropsids diverged from their common ancestor before the emergence of reptiles. So no, mammals are not reptiles in any sense of that classification.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:19:00 UTC No. 16554198

>>16553833
>in any sense of that classification
Once upon a time "reptile" was defined less precisely, and didn't mean "sauropsid," it basically meant a tetrapod that wasn't a mammal or bird. Something like dimetrodon looks more like a modern lizard than a modern mammal to ordinary people. It is clear what people are trying to say when they say mammals evolved from reptiles, don't be so pedantic.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:36:54 UTC No. 16554227

>>16554198
The OP is complaining that reptiles are defined too broadly in modern cladistics, now you're saying they're defined too precisely. Which is it? In neither modern cladistics nor "once upon a time" in taxonomy were reptiles defined according to the average person's gut intuition of what a reptile is.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:01:27 UTC No. 16554259

Have you ever looked at a birds feet? They have scaly scutes and claws

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:30:51 UTC No. 16554298

>>16553816
>If bird are reptiles why do they lack scales?
really, nigger?

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:35:36 UTC No. 16554308

>>16553816
I don’t put labels on stuff, man

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:58:18 UTC No. 16554345

>>16553833

Anonymous at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:17:06 UTC No. 16554371

taxonomy is just a meme that exists only in science textbooks, it isn't relevant to the real world.

Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:13:59 UTC No. 16554833

>>16553816
There are some animals in between cold and warm blooded (or whatever faggy term is preferred these days). Take sharks for example. They're not full on warm blooded, but that can appreciably raise their body temperature through their own metabolic processes, and it's enough to give them a significant edge over other fish.

Anonymous at Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:18:59 UTC No. 16554871

>If birds are reptiles why are they warm blooded?
because they're dinosaurs
>If bird are reptiles why do they lack scales?
they have scales
>If birds are reptiles why don't they shed their skin?
they shed their skin
>If birds are reptiles why do they live together?
not all birds live together
>If birds are reptiles why do their have the ability to bond with human?
not all birds bond with humans
>If birds are reptiles why are they all bipeds?
because they're dinosaurs
>If birds are reptiles why can they fly?
not all birds fly