This concept that "dinosaur" was an outdated term for two distinct orders lasted many decades in the scientific and popular literature, and it was not until the 1960s that scientists began to again consider the possibility that saurischians and ornithischians were more closely related to each other than they were to other archosaurs.
Ovaj koncept da je "dinosaur" zastarjeli izraz za dva različita reda je trajao mnoga desetljeća u znanstvenoj i popularnoj literaturi, sve dok 1960-ih znanstvenici nisu počeli promatrati mogućnost da su Saurischia i Ornithischia srodniji jedni drugima nego arhosaurima.