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xkcd #3204: Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If penguins are still dinosaurs, then earth is still solely inhabited by single cell organisms and we're clearly not.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I've never heard of a clade for single cell organisms, though there are some that only contain single cell organisms

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago

wdym "still" dinosaurs? you can't evolve out of a clade