Except they weren’t reptiles. Dinosaurs appear to have been warm blooded. At least according to bone marrow. That’s what a Paleontologist told me when I was at the Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur quarry in Utah a few years back.
Yes, it was wrong to even consider dinosaurs, especially the really big ONES as reptiles. They could not have been cold-blooded, at least not all of them..........................
Except they weren’t reptiles. Dinosaurs appear to have been warm blooded. At least according to bone marrow. That’s what a Paleontologist told me when I was at the Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur quarry in Utah a few years back.
That's what we were taught in Zoology class back in the 70's.
The artist knew even if the writer didnt. Note the lips.
There is a case for making Dinosaurs - Dinosauria a separate class from Reptiles - Reptiles. Maybe over time as more distinctions are discovered it will happen.