I adore small, feathery theropods (yes, including birds!) Or, as I nickname them, the "gremlin" dinosaurs.

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Omg that's so cute haha!

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Which one is your most favourite?

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I am partial to microraptors, as well as archaeopteryx as a close second. Yi qi are also pretty cool.

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Yi qi are so strange but they're awesome looking dinosaurs. Honestly they look like small dragons!

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Agreed. I think their resemblance to wyverns is the primary reason for my love for the little guys. It's not often you see dinosaurs—not just archosaurs—with leathery wings.

It bugs me when pterosaurs are grouped in with dinosaurs. They were relatives, but not dinosaurs. Birds, however, are. Taxonomy is the strangest thing sometimes.

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Oh yeah definitely, it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know much about paleontology on why pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs despite it being related to them.

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Yeah. I guess the easiest way to put it is that they were close relatives but were not dinosaurs, similarly to crocodiles. I'd imagine most people would understand if you took out the taxonomy and how to identify one over another, at which point it could become convoluted.

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Mhm, I remember arguing with someone over this topic as a kid XD

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Aha! Entirely fair. How dare those kiddos believe incorrect information. /j

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Yess how dare they!!/j

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