Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: R. Barsbold, 1997: 508. [implicit]

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

†Oviraptor (Genus) Osborn, 1924

Ref: R. Barsbold, 1997: 508.

Defined by excluded taxon

Aves (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: R. Barsbold, 1997: 508 (as "birds"); 32.

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

†Therizinosauria (Clade) Russell 1997 [Russell 1997]		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 71) (Russell, 1997) (as "oviraptorosaurs").
†Troodontidae (Clade) Gilmore 1924 [Varricchio 1997]		Ref: D.J. Varricchio, 1997: 749 (as "oviraptorisaurs, or other well-defined taxa").

Branch-based clade

†Oviraptorosauria (Clade) Barsbold 1976 [Barsbold 1997]		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65).
†Oviraptorosauria (Clade) Barsbold 1976 [Barsbold 1997]		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 69) (Maryanska et al., 2002).

Subsequent entries

†Caudipterygidae ([unranked]) Osmólska, Currie & Barsbold, 2004		Ref: H. Osmólska et al., 2004: table 8.1 (p. [166]).
†Caudipterygidae (Family) Osmólska, Currie & Barsbold, 2004, nom. illeg.		Ref: Lü et al., 2004: 95.
†Therizinosauroidea (Superfamily) Maleev, 1954		Ref: D.A. Russell & Z.-M. Dong, 1993: 2108.

Current position

Pennaraptora (Clade) Foth et al. 2014

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

Alternative positions

Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: Zanno, 2010: fig. 6
Penaraptora (Clade) Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015, nom. null.	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 3 (fig. 1). [misplaced]

Historical positions

Pennaraptora (Clade) Foth et al. 2014	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 13 (fig. 5), table (p. 69).
Penaraptora (Clade) Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015, nom. null.	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 3 (fig. 1). [misplaced]
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: L.E. Zanno, 2010: fig. 6.
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: H. Osmólska et al., 2004: 165-183, table 8.1 (p. [166]); figs. S.2, 4.20.
Maniraptora (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 65), fig. 9A.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †4f;15g;18s]
2004	H. Osmólska et al.	[; †4f;15g;18s]