Some go so far as to pretend that birds ARE extant dinosaurs.
And fossilized feathered dinosaurs have been recently excavated--in China.
OMG! and dinosaurs did lay eggs too...

Ps.- The problem is our habit of labeling everything, then believing in these labels.This belief blinds us, makes us estranged from reality, losing the power to see its suchness.
A wise friend used to say: all nouns are lies, only verbs are meaningful.