Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

Citation

Holtz, T. R. (1996). Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Paleontology 70(3): 536-538. Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/s0022336000038506

Names first published here

• Maniraptoriformes clade

Cited by clades

• Maniraptoriformes

  Proposed Maniraptoriformes as a new name for the most recent common ancestor of Ornithomimus and birds and all its descendants.

• Ornithomimosauria

  Replaced the apomorphy-based definition of Arctometatarsalia with a stem-based one anchored on Ornithomimus, and coined Maniraptoriformes.