Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

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

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Beipiaosaurus inexpectus Xu, Tang & Wang, 1999		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Clark et al., 2004).
†Therizinosaurus cheloniformis Maleev, 1954		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Clark et al., 2004).

Generic 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]	Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 13 (fig. 5), table (p. 71).
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Src: 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]