# Most recent common ancestor of all living birds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recent-common-ancestor-of-all-living-birds/693234>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 15, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recent-common-ancestor-of-all-living-birds/693234 "2014-07-15T23:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recent-common-ancestor-of-all-living-birds/693234/121 "2018-09-26T19:11:18Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> re: pterosaurs being dinosaurs:
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> Well, the Washington Post does.

What I said more than a year ago goes for the \*Post \*too: fuck 'em.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recent-common-ancestor-of-all-living-birds/693234/122 "2018-09-27T17:30:27Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> What I said more than a year ago goes for the \*Post \*too: fuck 'em.

“With a scream that echoed from a lost age, the pteranodon swooped lower over the headquarters of the Washington Post, amorously eyeing the balding pates of the editorial board. Like an owl in the fictional _Harry Potter_ books, he bore a special message from a MrDibble – a message he intended to deliver _personally_.”

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