Ornithischia
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Ornithischians Fossil range: Triassic-Cretaceous |
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Ornithischian pelvic structure (left side)
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Ornithischia is an order of beaked, herbivorous dinosaurs. The name ornithischia is derived from the Greek ornithos meaning 'of a bird' and ischion meaning 'hip joint'. They are known as the 'bird-hipped' dinosaurs because of their bird-like hip structure, even thouhg bird actually descended from the lizard-hipped' dinosaurs the saurischians.