What was the difference between dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles?
The main difference from fossils is the design of their hips, reptiles have a more splayed out design,with their legs branching out from their sides like reptiles today, think crocodilians and lizards. Dinosaurs had their legs underneath them, more like birds. It is also being suggested that dinosaurs were warm blooded, just as birds are today. The way dinosaurs “look” is largely a matter of speculation, as we cannot know coloration etc. for sure. There have been some fossilised skin patterns preserved, and it seems somewhat reptile like, but there have also been dinosaur fossil’s found showing primitive feathers. .
