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They became extinct 66 million years ago, along with most other non-avian dinosaurs.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

No one has yet found a fossil syrinx from a non-avian dinosaur.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Fujianvenator is a member of a grouping called avialans that includes all birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives, Wang said.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

These ancient sediments preserve glimpses of an aquatic ecosystem knitting itself back together after the asteroid impact that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

Most non-avian reptiles and insects produce leathery eggs, while birds and some turtles produce eggs with high concentrations of calcium carbonate in the shell, making them hard.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013