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Refers to the group of dinosaurs that did not develop into modern-day birds. 'Non-avian' indicates that these dinosaurs are distinct from the avian or bird-like dinosaurs that evolved and survived to become the bird species we have today

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Several non-avian dinosaurs were feathered.
This adaptation first evolved in non-avian dinosaurs.
Several non-avian dinosaurs are now known to have been feathered.
This article deals primarily with non-avian dinosaurs.
Many non-avian dinosaurs still had feathers though.
Scansoriopterygids are among the smallest non-avian dinosaurs known.
We now call them non-avian dinosaurs and avian dinosaurs.
Non-avian dinosaurs did not live at the same time as humans.
They were one of the last non-avian dinosaurs before they.
All non-avian dinosaurs became extinct during that time.
This caused all of the non-avian dinosaurs to become extinct.
Non-avian dinosaurs never went extinct and that birds are not dinosaurs.
Oviraptosaurs were not the first non-avian dinosaurs to be discovered with feathers.
The species arose after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.
One of the last non-avian dinosaurs before they went extinct.

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Reliance on limb retraction instead of extension is typical for non-avian dinosaurs.
So the non-avian dinosaurs are the big clunky ones that went extinct.
Caenagnathasia is the smallest known oviraptorosaur and one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs.
After non-avian dinosaurs were discovered, paleontologists first posited that they were ectothermic.
However, the presence of this bone tissue in pterosaurs and non-avian dinosaurs is perplexing.
Birds and extinct non-avian dinosaurs share many unique skeletal traits.
Of course, the giant tsunami was not the only event that did in the non-avian dinosaurs.
The only other non-avian dinosaurs known to have been adapted for a semiaquatic lifestyle are spinosaurids.
These nesting specimens have helped to solidify the link between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.
Pachycephalosaurus was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.
Enantiornitheans became extinct at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, along with hesperornithids and all other non-avian dinosaurs.
It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
Therefore it is possible that this impact could explain why the non-avian dinosaurs became extinct.
Non-avian dinosaurs at least, were still alive.
Several researchers support the existence of Paleocene non-avian dinosaurs.
Including the non-avian dinosaurs.
Other birdlike traits of Archaeopteryx are found also on several non-avian dinosaurs.
While the non-avian dinosaurs of the Mesozoic died out, their descendants, birds, live on today.
It was the end Cretaceous extinction that wiped out all of the non-avian dinosaurs.
Template, Main Birds and non-avian dinosaurs share many features.
The body contour feathers of Caihong are relatively longer than those of other non-avian dinosaurs.
But those were the non-avian dinosaurs.
The extinction affected over 60 percent of animal species including all of the non-avian dinosaurs.
All non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out along with perhaps 75 % of all species.
The most well-known victims are the non-avian dinosaurs.
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid struck the earth and wiped out non-avian dinosaurs.
Olga Oviraptor is one of the most bird-like of the non-avian dinosaurs.
Approximately 50 % of all genera became extinct, including all of the non-avian dinosaurs.
This length exceeds the previous record length of 7 inches ( 18 cm ) for feathers from non-avian dinosaurs.
When living, " Oviraptor " was one of the most bird-like of the non-avian dinosaurs.

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