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Are pterosaurs more closely related to turtles or to crocodilians? Explain your answer.

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"Pterosaurs are more closely related to crocodiles than to turtles"
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User Kostas Pelelis
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Since a pterosaur species has now been found with feathers, they have to have some connection with dinosaurs, which have connections with crocodillians. Therefore pterosaurs are more related to crocodillians than turtles.

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