Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

†Microraptor (Genus) Xu X., Zhou Z. & Wang X.L., 2000
†Sinornithosaurus (Genus) Xu, Wang & Wu, 1999

Current position

Paraves (Clade) Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 3 (fig. 1). [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

†Deinonychosauria (Infraorder) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
†Deinonychosauria (Cohort) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397.
†Deinonychosauria (Clade) Colbert & Russell 1969 [Padian 1997]	Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. & H. Osmólska, 2004: 24. [inferred rank]
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
†Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621.

Historical positions

Paraves (Clade) Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]	Ref: L.E. Zanno, 2010: fig. 6.
†Deinonychosauria (Cohort) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397, box 8.5; 197.
†Deinonychosauria (Infraorder) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 126.
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
†Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†28g;6s;1
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †16g]
1991(1997)	D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 126	[; †[<]9g]