Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 35. [implicit]

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

Avialae (Clade) Gauthier 1986

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 35 (as "birds"); 12.

Defined by excluded taxon

†Ornithomimidae (Clade) Marsh 1890 [Sereno 1998]

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 35.

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]

Ref: Holtz, 1996: 538 (as "birds").

Branch-based clade

Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986		Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. & H. Osmólska, 2004: 22.
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (Maryanska et al., 2002).

Node-based clade

Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986

Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65).

Current position

Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]

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

Alternative positions

Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]

Ref: L.E. Zanno, 2010: fig. 6.

Historical positions

Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66), figs. 1, 5.
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]	Ref: L.E. Zanno, 2010: fig. 6.
Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]	Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. & H. Osmólska, 2004: 22, fig. S.2; tables 9.1, 10.1, fig. 5.22.
Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]	Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65), fig. 9A.
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	31o;202f;2151g;9617s;7150ss;1v; ‡2o;7f;57g;261s;62ss; †28o;102f;457g;226s;3ss;1
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1c;31o;201f;2135g;9609s]