Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Clade) Therizinosauria

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

†Therizinosaurus (Genus) Maleev, 1954

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).

Defined by excluded taxon

Neornithes (Clade) Gadow, 1893		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).
†Ornithomimus (Genus) Marsh, 1890		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).
†Oviraptor (Genus) Osborn, 1924		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).
†Velociraptor (Genus) Osborn, 1924		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Zhang et al., 2001).

Node-based clade

†Therizinosauroidea (Clade) Russell & Dong 1993 [Zhang et al. 2001]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Clark et al., 2004).

Current position

†Therizinosauria (Clade) Russell 1997 [Russell 1997]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 13 (fig. 5).

Alternative positions

Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986

Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. & H. Osmólska, 2004: 23 (fig. S.2).

Historical positions

†Therizinosauria (Clade) Russell 1997 [Russell 1997]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 13 (fig. 5), table (p. 71).
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: J.M. Clark et al., 2004: 151-164, table 7.1 (p. [152]); figs. S.2, 4.20.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2f;11g;12s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	†2f;12g;13s
2004	J.M. Clark et al.: table 7.1	[; †1f;11g;12s]