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Belonging to the clade †Ornithischia, a group of primarily herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pubis that projects backwards, running parallel to the ischium.
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Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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History
Calque of taxonomic name Ornithischia, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”). In reference to the pelvic structures' superficial similarity to that of birds.
