Scientists once believed that modern-day reptiles were the only living descendants of dinosaurs, which were reptiles. Accumulating fossil evidence has now suggested that the most recent dinosaurs gave rise to birds, making birds one of the closest living relatives of dinosaurs.

What statement provides the strongest evidence to support the claim that birds evolved from dinosaurs?

A. A fossilized rib cage of the semi-aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus shows that it had lungs.

B. Fossils of the beaked dinosaur Ankylosaurus show that it had modified scales that produced hard, bony plates.

(C. Fossils of the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx show that it had modified scales that produced feathers.) c is the right answer

D. A fossilized nest of the herbivorous dinosaur Brachiosaurus shows that it laid external eggs.

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Rohan Randolph

26 June, 23:05

Scientists once believed that modern-day reptiles were the only living descendants of dinosaurs, which were reptiles. Accumulating fossil evidence has now suggested that the most recent dinosaurs gave rise to birds, making birds one of the closest living relatives of dinosaurs.

What statement provides the strongest evidence to support the claim that birds evolved from dinosaurs?

A. A fossilized rib cage of the semi-aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus shows that it had lungs.

B. Fossils of the beaked dinosaur Ankylosaurus show that it had modified scales that produced hard, bony plates.

(C. Fossils of the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx show that it had modified scales that produced feathers.) c is the right answer

D. A fossilized nest of the herbivorous dinosaur Brachiosaurus shows that it laid external eggs.

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Cervantes · Answer 1

The correct answer is option C, that is, fossils of the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx show that it had modified scales that produced feathers.

Archaeopteryx is considered as an intermediate fossil between the dinosaurs and modern birds. With its amalgamation of reptilian and avian characteristics, it was long considered as the earliest known bird. It was found in 1860 in Germany, it is sometimes also called Urvogel, that is, the German term for first bird or original bird.

Anabel Morris · Answer 2

Anabel Morris 27 June, 01:54

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mine show under b, but its right