Taytalura alcoberi. (Jorge Blanco, Gabriela Sobral and Ricardo Martínez).
Some have said birds evolved from reptiles.
Perhaps this was one of those missing links between the two species. Dramatic changes in physical structure and end usage were more easily and more quickly done with smaller animals such as this critter here.
it’s almost as if these completely different animals were created instead of evolved from a common ancestor.
Yes. Not only that, but these tiny cold blooded reptiles are actually president and vp of our country.
Ancestor of all scaled reptiles.
And they did not pull that assumption out their fannies.
Lepidosaurs were not the only animals with scales.
The related word lepros meaning "scaly," "scabby" or "rough" is the source of the English word "leprous" (as in leprosy).
Colonel Sanders could have made something tasty out of it.