Could Hybrid Dinosaurs Have Ever Existed?

G'day mates! In this video we will be covering hybrids. More specfically, we will be discussing about the possibility that hybrid dinosaurs once walked our planet.

If you enjoyed then I'd appreciate if you like and subscribe!

I do not own any of the footage and images utilized, they belong to their respected sources.

Thumbnail Source: Taliesaurus

Research Sources

Chapelle, K. E. J., Griffin, C. T., & Pol, D. (2025). Growing with dinosaurs: a review of dinosaur reproduction and ontogeny. Biology Letters, 21(1), 20240474. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0474

Clark, J. M. (2013). Dinosaurs and the origin of birds. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902...

Ottenburghs, J., Ydenberg, R. C., Van Hooft, P., Van Wieren, S. E., & Prins, H. H. (2015). The Avian Hybrids Project: gathering the scientific literature on avian hybridization. Ibis, 157(4), 892–894. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12285

Paris, J. R., Ficetola, G. F., Obiol, J. F., Silva-Rocha, I., Carretero, M. A., & Salvi, D. (2024). Does hybridization with an invasive species threaten Europe’s most endangered reptile? Genomic assessment of Aeolian lizards on Vulcano island. iScience, 27(11), 111097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.1...

Rashid, D. J., Chapman, S. C., Larsson, H. C., Organ, C. L., Bebin, A., Merzdorf, C. S., Bradley, R., & Horner, J. R. (2014). From dinosaurs to birds: a tail of evolution. EvoDevo, 5(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-5-25

Rossi, N. A., Menchaca-Rodriguez, A., Antelo, R., Wilson, B., McLaren, K., Mazzotti, F., Crespo, R., Wasilewski, J., Alda, F., Doadrio, I., Barros, T. R., Hekkala, E., Alonso-Tabet, M., Alonso-Giménez, Y., Lopez, M., Espinosa-Lopez, G., Burgess, J., Thorbjarnarson, J. B., Ginsberg, J. R., . . . Amato, G. (2020). High levels of population genetic differentiation in the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....

Shafer, C. L. (2023). Contribution of hybridization between polar bears and grizzly bears to polar bear extinction. Wildlife Letters, 1(4), 178–193. https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.12024

Zhang, S., Chen, Y., Zang, W., Wu, X., Ericson, P. G. P., Lei, F., & Qu, Y. (2025). Hybridization mitigates climate change risk in mountainous birds. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02...

#dinosaur #birds #evolution #hybrid