>>37242517That's not how it works, to simplfy it crocodiles and dinosaurs split from each other pretty early and even tough they shared vague similarities in shape for a while there skeletons were vastly different and easy to tell apart.
>>37242507Nigga we dont have the faintest clue what the fuck Smok beyond being in the same broad group, never mind a crocodile or dinosaur
>>37244477feathers are acctually really fucking old and predate dinosaurs, hell even pterosaurs had feathers