Sentences with phrase «first ornithischians»

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The ornithischians and saurischians were at first thought to be unrelated, each having a different set of ancestors, but later study showed that they all evolved from a single common ancestor.

First thought to be a theropod, a new study suggests it's an ornithischian.

The dinosaur, first described in 2015 as a bizarre, herbivorous theropod, is actually a primitive ornithischian, according to the study — a placement that would strengthen the authors» argument for rewriting the entire family tree.

Harry Seeley, a British paleontologist, first proposed the split of saurischians and ornithischians back in 1887, with the classifications based on the shape of the hips of the dinosaurs.

«In the 130 years since the ornithischian group was first recognised, we have never had any concept of how the first ones could have looked until now.»