@Gurre @SmudgeTheInsultCat Placental mammals appeared after the dinosaurs and there are still egg-laying mammals like the platypus.
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@Gurre @SmudgeTheInsultCat Placental mammals appeared after the dinosaurs and there are still egg-laying mammals like the platypus. 2 comments
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indeed. But that graph only claimed "eggs already existed here", which isn't the same as "eggs started here".
Many sharks lay eggs too, and including all branches back to there would, while fun, both be space consuming and not needed to make the central point.