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Ornithischians with a hip structure similar to that of present day birds.

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Birds are thought to have come from the lizard-hipped dinosaurs but not bird-hipped dinosaurs.

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Saurischians

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Theropod dinosaurs.

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The had a hip structure similar to birds?

ornithischian


Does a saurischian have a hip structure similar to birds?

Yes


What had a hip structure similar to birds?

Theropod dinosaurs for one.


How are the parts of the birds and fish similar in structure and function?

how are parts of birds & fish similar in structure & function


How are the parts of birds and fish similar in structures and functions?

how are parts of birds & fish similar in structure & function


What anatomical evidence is found supporting evolution?

vestigial organs such as a tail bone in humans and a hip bone in whales. also, the skeletal structure of wings of birds, flippers of whales, and hands of humans are all very very similar in structure.


How are the parts of birds and fish similar in structure and function?

how are parts of birds & fish similar in structure & function


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A structure with similar shape but a different use


Why do people think some dinosaurs where apart of the bird species?

because some dinosaurs like the velociraptor have been discovered with feathers. and even some dinosaurs in there bone structure have the shape of birds. like the t-rex has the hip structure of a lizard and the velociraptor had the hip structure of a modern day bird


Which of the three taxa of dinosaurs which do birds belong?

Dinosaurs were divided into two big groups: ornistichia (bird hip) and saurischia (lizard hip). The confussing part is that scientists believe that birds evolved from a group of therapods similar to small velociraptors and therapods are saurischia.


Did birds evolve from lizards?

No, birds didn't evolve from lizards, but they did evolve from dinosaurs, a different group of reptiles. Dinosaurs are different from lizards especially because of their hip structure. Birds descended from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods (bipedal carnivores)


Which animal is called feathered dinosaur and why it is called so?

Birds are so called. The skeletal structure of most birds is very similar (although smaller) to that of many dinosaurs.