What does the name "Ornithischia" mean?
Q: What does the name "Ornithischia" mean?
A: The name "Ornithischia" means "bird-hipped," referring to their hip structure.
Q: What is an alternative name for the order Ornithischia?
A: An alternative name for the order Ornithischia is the Predentata, because all of them are beaked herbivorous dinosaurs.
Q: What is a key adaptation of Ornithischian dinosaurs?
A: A key adaptation of Ornithischian dinosaurs is their beak, which is in front of the jaw-bone and used for cropping plants for their food.
Q: How did they originally move?
A: Their original (basal) form of locomotion was bipedal, but they were capable of both bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion. Several groups became entirely quadrupedal.
Q: How many suborders do ornithischians have?
A: Ornithischians have two suborders.
Q: Where does birds' pelvis point backwards compared to ornthishchians'?
A: Birds also have pelvises in which the pubis points backwards, similar to ornthishchians'.
