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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have to disagree with that last point. Dinosaurs lasted a LONG time, and while.early dinosaurs certainly had little feather coverage, such as stegosaurus, later dinosaurs, such as yutyrannus and therozinosaurus, were absolutely covered.

Now, there were not "feathers", but feather like structures that eventually evolved into feathers in their descendants

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's a feather like structure look like?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Small, flaky scales that protruded out from the body

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sounds like reptiles to me. Something like a sort of cross between fish and snakes?