Full reference: R. T. Bakker. 1986. The Dinosaur Heresies. William Morrow and Company, Inc, New York 1-481
Parent taxon: Theropoda according to M. A. Baiano et al. 2021
See also Bakker 1986, Bittencourt and Kellner 2004, Carrano et al. 2012, Czepiński et al. 2021, Ezcurra 2006, Gianechini et al. 2015, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2000, Martill et al. 2016, Martínez and Alcober 2009, Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Nesbitt 2011, Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015, Nesbitt et al. 2009, Rauhut 2003, Sereno 1995, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sues et al. 2011, Yates 2005, You et al. 2014 and Zahner and Brinkmann 2019
Sister taxa: Ageroolithus, Allosauroidea, Allosaurus sibiricus, Altispinax, Anchisauripodidae, Archaeornithoididae, Avalonia, Avipoda, Boutakioutichnium, Bradycnemidae, Byakudansauropus, Calamospondylus, Carmelopodus, Chindesaurus, Coeluroidae, Coeluroidea, Compsognatha, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Deinocheirosauria, Deinodontia, Dilophosaurus, Dispersituberoolithus, Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis, Elongatoolithidae, Embasaurus, Eodromaeus, Erythrovenator, Eubrontes titanopelobatidus, Eubrontidae, Eutynichnium, Fenestrosaurus, Filichnites, Fuscinapedis, Gigandipodidae, Grallatoridae, Gypsichnites, Hadrosaurichnus, Halticosaurus, Herrerasauridae, Himeoolithus, Hispanosauropus, Hunanpus, Iberosauripus, Iranosauripus, Irenesauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kakuru, Kakuru kujani, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuwajimasauropus, Laevisoolithidae, Massospondylus rawesi, Megalosauropus, Megalosaurus cloacinus, Megalosaurus hungaricus, Megalosaurus insignis, Megalosaurus lydekkeri, Megalosaurus obtusus, Megalosaurus pombali, Moraesichnium, Nipponoolithus, Oblongoolithidae, Orcauichnites, Ordexallopus, Ornithoides, Ornithopodichnites, Ostafrikasaurus, Ostendichnus, Ovoraptor, Ozraptor, Paleotheropoda, Parachirotheriidae, Paracorpulentapus, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Poekilopleuron schmidti, Protoavis, Prototrisauropodiscus, Reticuloolithus, Salfitichnus, Sarmientichnus, Saurocephalus monasterii, Sauropodidae, Segisauridae, Selenichnidae, Selenichnus, Shuangbaisaurus, Siamopodus, Sigilmassasauridae, Sinosaurus, Spinosauria, Stillatuberoolithus, Symphypoda, Szechuanosaurus, Tawa, Tetanurae, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Trisauropodiscidae, Tristraguloolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Unenlagiidae, Vitakrisauria, Wakinosaurus, Wakinyantanka, Walgettosuchus, Wildeichnus, Xiangxipus, Yangtzepus, Yaverlandia, Zanclodon cambrensis, Zanclodon silesiacus, Zanclodontoidae, Zhengichnus, Zhengichnus jinningensis
Subtaxa: Ceratosauria Coelophysoidea Dinoaves Dracovenator Liliensternus Notatesseraeraptor Tachiraptor Velocipes Zupaysaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore