†family Avimimidae Kurzanov 1981 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Avimimidae

Full reference: S. M. Kurzanov. 1981. O neobuchnykh teropodakh iz verkhnego mela MNR [An unusual theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Fossil Reptiles of Mongolia. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya, Trudy [The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions] 24:39-50

Parent taxon: Oviraptorosauria according to G. F. Funston et al. 2018

See also Barsbold 1983, Currie 1995, Kurzanov 1981, Longrich et al. 2013, Osmólska et al. 2004, Paul 1988 and Thulborn 1984

Sister taxa: Avimimus, Caenagnathidae, Caenagnathoidea, Caudipterygidae, Caudipteryx, Incisivosaurus, Ingeniidae, Ningyuansaurus, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptoroidea, Protarchaeopteryx, Saurexallopus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Avimimus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Avimimid bonebed, Iren Dabasu (Cretaceous of China)

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