Clade Maniraptora Gauthier 1986 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J. A. Gauthier. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds. The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight, K. Padian (ed.), Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 8:1-55

Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to P. J. Makovicky et al. 2012

See also Azuma et al. 2016, Benton 1990, Chatterjee 1993, Coria and Currie 2006, Currie 1997, Ely and Case 2019, Foth and Rauhut 2017, Gao and Liu 2005, Gauthier 1986, Hartman et al. 2019, Holtz 1995, Holtz 1996, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2000, Holtz and Padian 1995, Hu et al. 2018, Hutchinson and Padian 1997, Lefèvre et al. 2017, Lü and Brusatte 2015, Maryanska et al. 2002, Motta et al. 2020, Naish and Martill 2007, Novas 1992, Novas and Agnolin 2004, Osmolska 1990, Padian et al. 1999, Pei et al. 2017, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut et al. 2019, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sankey et al. 2002, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Shen et al. 2017, Shen et al. 2017, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Wang et al. 2020, Xu et al. 2010, Xu et al. 2017, Xu et al. 2011, Xu et al. 2012 and Zhang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong

Subtaxa: Anchiornithidae Avialae Migmanychion Montanoolithidae Oviraptorosauria Palaeopteryx Paraves Pseudogeckoolithus Scansoriopterygidae Yixianosaurus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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