Heptasteornis was no ornithomimid, troodontid, dromaeosaurid or owl: the first alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe

Citation

Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2004). Heptasteornis was no ornithomimid, troodontid, dromaeosaurid or owl: the first alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 2004(7): 385-401.

Cited by genera

• Bradycneme

  Classified Bradycneme as an indeterminate maniraptoran; the alvarezsaurid referral in that paper applies to Heptasteornis, not Bradycneme.

• Elopteryx

  Placed the Elopteryx femora as a troodontid or pygostylian and separated the referred tibiotarsi (Heptasteornis, Bradycneme) as distinct names.

• Heptasteornis

  Identified Heptasteornis as the first European alvarezsaurid.