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Hips Don't Lie (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 204 points 2 months ago (3 children)

According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.

Hooray!

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The comments in a healthy social network are the only way to get near the truth at this point. I read the comments before the article at this point

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Dinosaur translates to "terrible lizard" so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

They're so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was it before we know birds were related to dinosaurs at all? And while we're at it: when did we find that out?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Quickly skimming Wikipedia Orthopoda (now synonymous to Ornithischia, bird hips) was coined in 1866. Birds from dinosaurs as an idea kinda gain traction during 1868. It was during 1870s when the famous full Archaeopteryx fossil was found is when it really get cemented. Missed it just by a few years.