According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.
Hooray!
The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
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
Dinosaur translates to "terrible lizard" so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
They're so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds...
Was it before we know birds were related to dinosaurs at all? And while we're at it: when did we find that out?
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.
yet another unrealistic body standard smh
If this doesn't convince you that it's all fake, I don't know what will
c/birdsarentreal
Wait, does that extend to dinosaurs?
At least to the bird hipped
Would you rather have lizard lips or lizard hips?
Yes
Why is it called bird hipped then? Why not like stegosaurus hipped or something?
It was coined before the idea that birds evolved from (or are) dinosaurs are cemented
Saving that change for a year when they don't have any other text book updates
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