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Can an alligator be considered a dinosaur?

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Alligators, crocodiles, gavials, and the various extinct crocodillians (look them up if you have time, it will blow your mind) form one group of archosaurs, the "croc-line archosaurs" or, more properly, Pseudosuchia. read more

No. Alligators, crocodiles, and komodo dragons are considered to be REPTILES — part of the phylogenetic group known as Diapsids. Komodo dragons are lizards, part of a group of reptiles known as Lepidosaurs. read more

No, Sharks and reptiles diverged before the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds. A dinosaur is closer to a chicken than an alligator. read more

Normally we answer one indivdual question and do a follow up on the question. The first question you asked was about modern day dinosaurs. I answered this. I can follow up with you on this one about the alligators and Crocodiles being modern day dinosaurs. read more