Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

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

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

Neornithes (Clade) Gadow, 1893		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65).
†Oviraptor (Genus) Osborn, 1924		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65).

Generic 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]	Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66), figs. 1, 5.
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]	Src: L.E. Zanno, 2010: fig. 6.
Maniraptoriformes (Clade) Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]	Src: 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]	Src: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65), fig. 9A.
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]	Src: 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]