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Definition of Ornithoscelida

Ornithoscelida
Ornithoscelida Or*ni`tho*scel"i*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a bird + ? a leg.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds. -- Or`ni*tho*scel"i*dan, a.

Meaning of Ornithoscelida from wikipedia

- Ornithoscelida (/ˌɔːrnɪθəˈsɛlɪdə/) is a proposed clade that includes various major groupings of dinosaurs. An order Ornithoscelida was originally proposed...
- Theropoda (except Herrerasauridae) and Ornithischia within a group called Ornithoscelida (a name originally coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870), redefining...
- as the sister group to the Ornithischia in the newly defined clade Ornithoscelida. As another result, the authors redefined Saurischia as "the most inclusive...
- sister group to the Theropoda, which grouped together in the clade Ornithoscelida. This hypothesis was recently challenged by an international consortium...
- and its placement next to Ornithischia within the newly created clade Ornithoscelida. Baron & Williams (2018) found Herrerasauria (including Daemonosaurus...
- and kin remain included as dinosaurs. They also resurrected the clade Ornithoscelida to refer to the group containing Ornithischia and Theropoda. Using one...
- saurischian-ornithischian split is superior or inferior to the proposed group Ornithoscelida. Chilesaurus measured roughly 3.2 m (10.5 ft) from nose to tail. The...
- proposed removal of Theropoda from Saurischia and the formation of Ornithoscelida, a clade containing Theropoda and Ornithischia. Below is a cladogram...
- Ornithischia, to which it formed the sister group within the clade Ornithoscelida. This new hypothesis also recovered Herrerasauridae as the sister group...
- that feathers may have been present on the last common ancestor of the Ornithoscelida, a dinosaur group including both theropods and ornithischians. It is...