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Ornithischia

Ornithischia (/ˌɔːrnəˈθɪski.ə/) is an extinct clade of mainly herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pelvic structure superficially similar to that of birds. The name Ornithischia, or "bird-hipped", reflects this similarity and is derived from the Greek stem ornith- (ὀρνιθ-), meaning "bird", and ischion (ἴσχιον), meaning "hip". However, as birds are…

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Dubious ornithischians
†Chilesaurus? · †Pisanosaurus? · †Silesauridae? (paraphyletic?) · †Saphornithischia Madzia et al., 2021 †Archaeocursor †Eocursor †Laquintasaura? †Lesothosaurus †Heterodontosauridae †Genasauria Sereno, 1986 †Serendipaceratops †Thyreophora †Neor… · †Archaeocursor

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related to Evolution · 45
Ornithischia → Alternatively, Argentina, Azendohsaurus, Baron, Crosbysaurus, Dinosauria, Early Jurassic, First, For, Galtonia, If Pisanosaurus, It, Jurassic, Lesothosaurus, Lucianosaurus, Many, Matthew, Norman, Ornithoscelida, Parker
related to Subgroups · 44
Ornithischia → Allosaurus, Ankylosauria, Ankylosaurs, Ankylosaurus, Camarasaurus, Cerapoda, Ceratopsia, Ceratopsians, Cretaceous, Daniel Madzia, Early Jurassic, Following, Genasauria, Hadrosauridae, Hypsilophodontidae, Iguanodon, Jurassic, Late Cretaceous, Late Jurassic, Madzia
related to history · 40
Ornithischia → After, An, Andrew, Bakker, Cerapoda, Ceratopsia, David, Dinosauria, Discussions, Dryosaurus, Edward Drinker Cope, Galton, Genasauria, Harry Govier Seeley, Heterodontosauridae, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, It, Lesothosaurus, Many
Dubious ornithischians · 22
Ornithischia → †Alocodon, †Archaeocursor, †Chilesaurus?, †Eocursor, †Fabrosaurus, †Ferganocephale, †Genasauria Sereno, 1986 †Serendipaceratops †Thyreophora †Neornithischia, †Gongbusaurus?, †Heterodontosauridae, †Laosaurus, †Laquintasaura?, †Lesothosaurus, †Neornithischia, †Notoceratops, †Pisanosaurus?, †Saphornithischia Madzia et al., 2021 †Archaeocursor †Eocursor †Laquintasaura? †Lesothosaurus †Heterodontosauridae †Genasauria Sereno, 1986 †Serendipaceratops †Thyreophora †Neor…, †Serendipaceratops, †Silesauridae? (paraphyletic?), †Syngonosaurus, †Thyreophora
related to Integument · 17
Ornithischia → An, Borealopelta, Despite, Examples, Exceptionally, For, Haolong, In, In Psittacosaurus, Kulindadromeus, Many, Other, Psittacosaurus, Several, Some, The, Unlike
related to Skulls · 12
Ornithischia → As, Early Jurassic, Emausaurus, Lesotho, Lesothosaurus, Much, Scelidosaurus, Skulls, Stegosauria, Stegosaurus, The, Thyreophora
related to Palaeoecology · 8
Ornithischia → At, For, Fruitadens, In, Most, Ornithischians, Previously, The
related to "Bird-hip" · 7
Ornithischia → Dromaeosauridae, Figure, In, It, Some, The, This
related to Description · 5
Ornithischia → Early, Ornithischians, The, They, This
related to External links · 1
Ornithischia → Palæos

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ornithischians known group dinosaurs early taxa skull found ornithischian ornithopods teeth lesothosaurus groups stegosaurs small many large pisanosaurus members within

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OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Chilesaurus?1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Pisanosaurus?1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Silesauridae? (paraphyletic?)1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Saphornithischia Madzia et al., 2021 †Archaeocursor †Eocursor †Laquintasaura? †Lesothosaurus †Heterodontosauridae †Genasauria Sereno, 1986 †Serendipaceratops †Thyreophora †Neor…1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Archaeocursor1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Eocursor1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Laquintasaura?1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Lesothosaurus1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Heterodontosauridae1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Genasauria Sereno, 1986 †Serendipaceratops †Thyreophora †Neornithischia1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Serendipaceratops1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Thyreophora1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Neornithischia1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Alocodon1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Fabrosaurus1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Ferganocephale1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Gongbusaurus?1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Laosaurus1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Notoceratops1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Syngonosaurus1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Tichosteus1.00infobox
OrnithischiaDubious ornithischians†Trimucrodon1.00infobox

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