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    1) Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds evolved from small feathered theropod dinosaurs. 2) Theropods closely related to birds include dromaeosaurs, oviraptorids, and small feathered dinosaurs found in China. 3) The consensus view is that flying theropods called avialans are most closely related to deinonychosaurs like dromaeosaurs and troodontids. Together they form a group called Paraves.

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    1) Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds evolved from small feathered theropod dinosaurs. 2) Theropods closely related to birds include dromaeosaurs, oviraptorids, and small feathered dinosaurs found in China. 3) The consensus view is that flying theropods called avialans are most closely related to deinonychosaurs like dromaeosaurs and troodontids. Together they form a group called Paraves.

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    1) Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds evolved from small feathered theropod dinosaurs. 2) Theropods closely related to birds include dromaeosaurs, oviraptorids, and small feathered dinosaurs found in China. 3) The consensus view is that flying theropods called avialans are most closely related to deinonychosaurs like dromaeosaurs and troodontids. Together they form a group called Paraves.

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    1) Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds evolved from small feathered theropod dinosaurs. 2) Theropods closely related to birds include dromaeosaurs, oviraptorids, and small feathered dinosaurs found in China. 3) The consensus view is that flying theropods called avialans are most closely related to deinonychosaurs like dromaeosaurs and troodontids. Together they form a group called Paraves.

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    Dinosaurs and the origin of birds

    Main article: Origin of birds


    Paraves

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    Godefroit et al., 2013.[13]

    Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that


    birds are a specialized subgroup of theropod dinosaurs ,[17] and more
    specifically, they are members of Maniraptora , a group of theropods
    which includes dromaeosaurs and oviraptorids , among others.[18] As
    scientists have discovered more theropods closely related to birds, the
    previously clear distinction between non-birds and birds has become
    blurred. Recent discoveries in the Liaoning Province of northeast
    China, which demonstrate many small theropod feathered dinosaurs ,
    contribute to this ambiguity.[19][20][21]
    The consensus view in contemporary paleontology is that the flying
    theropods, or avialans , are the closest relatives of the deinonychosaurs ,
    which include dromaeosaurids and troodontids .[22] Together, these form a
    group called Paraves . Some basal members of this group, such as
    Microraptor , have features which may have enabled them to glide or fly.
    The most basal deinonychosaurs were very small. This evidence raises the

    possibility that the ancestor of all paravians may have been arboreal ,
    have been able to glide, or both.[23][24] Unlike Archaeopteryx and the
    non-avialan feathered dinosaurs, who primarily ate meat, recent studies
    suggest that the first avialans were omnivores .[25]

    Confuciusornis sanctus , a Cretaceous bird from


    China
    The Late Jurassic Archaeopteryx is well known
    as one of the first transitional fossils to be
    found, and it provided support for the theory
    of evolution in the late 19th century.
    Archaeopteryx was the first fossil to display both clearly traditional
    reptilian characteristics: teeth, clawed fingers, and a long, lizardlike tail, as well as wings with flight feathers similar to those of
    modern birds. It is not considered a direct ancestor of birds, though it
    is possibly closely related to the true ancestor.[26]

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