Coelurosauria
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Coelurosauria References

Abbreviated Dendrogram
Dinosauria ├─Ornithischia └─┬─Sauropodomorpha └─Theropoda │ └─Coelurosauria ├─Tyrannosauroidea └─┬─Ornithomimosauria └─┬─Maniraptora ├─Therizinosauroidea └─Metornithes ├─Alvarezsauridae └─┬─Oviraptorosauria └─Paraves ├─Deinonychosauria │ ├─Troodontidae │ └─Dromaeosauridae └─Avialae ├─Scansoriopterygidae └─Aves
Contents

Index
Coelurosauria
Tyrannosauroidea
Ornithomimosauria
Maniraptora
Therizinosauria
Alvarezsauridae
Oviraptorosauria
Troodontidae
Dromaeosauridae
Avialae
Classification
Dendrogram
References


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Tyrannosauroidea

Barsbold, R & T Maryanska (1990), Segnosauria in DB Weishampel, P Dodson, & H Osmólka (eds), The Dinosauria. Univ. Calif. Press, pp. 408-415.
Therizinosauridae.

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Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosauroidea.

Carpenter, K (1997c), Tyrannosauridae in PJ Currie & K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 766-768.
Tyrannosauridae.

Carpenter, K & M Smith (2001), Forelimb osteology and biomechanics of Tyrannosaurus rex, KCarpenter & D Tanke [eds.], Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 90-116.
Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauroidea.

Carr, TD (1999), Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria). J. Vert. Paleontol. 19: 497-520.
Tyrannosauroidea

Carr TD, TE Williamson & DR Schwimmer (2005), A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama. J. Vert Paleontol. 25: 119-143.
Alectrosaurus.

Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, W. H. Freeman and company, New York
Podokesauridae

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Metornithes, Mononykus

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Compsognathidae

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Parvicursor, Shuvuuia.

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Coelurus.

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Tyrannosaurinae.

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Alectrosaurus, Alxasaurus, Oviraptorosauria, Therizinosauridae, Therizinosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae.

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Scansoriopterygidae

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Tyrannosauroidea.

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Tyrannosauroidea.

Feduccia, A (1999), The Origin and Evolution of Birds (2nd ed.). Yale Univ. Press, 466 pp. Aves,
Alvarezsaurs.

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Metornithes, Patagonykus.

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Alvarezsaurs.

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Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes.

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Coelurosauria, Tetanurae, Tyrannosauroidea.

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Tyrannosauridae.

Holtz, TR, Jr. (2001), Pedigree of the tyrant kings: new information on the origin and evolution of the Tyrannosauridae. J. Vert Paleontol. 21: 62A-63A. (this is the abstract of a paper which included a new, unpublished phylogenetic analysis of the Theropoda. Further details of the paper, including much of the cladogram, were reported by Micky Mortimer at Details on SVP 2001 Friday talks).
Coelurus, Tyrannosauridae.

Holtz, TR, Jr. (2001a), The phylogeny and taxonomy of the Tyrannosauridae in K Carpenter & D Tanke [eds.], Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 64-83.
Albertosaurus, Alectrosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauroidea.

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Paraves

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Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosaurini.

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Tyrannosauroidea.

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Alectrosaurus, Coelurosauria, Eotyrannus, Ornithomimosauria

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Parvicursor.

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Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosauroidea.

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Compsognathidae, Metornithes, Ornitholestes, Scansoriopterygidae - Introduction

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Alectrosaurus, Ornithomimosauria, Tyrannosauridae.

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Troodontidae.

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Coelurus.

Marsh, OC (1888), Notes of a new genus of Sauropoda and other new dinosaurs from the Potomac Formation. Am. J. Sci. (3rd ser.) 31: 89-94.
Coelurus.

Maryanska, T, H Osmólska & M Wolsan (2002), Avialan status for Oviraptorosauria. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 97-116.
Ornithomimosauria, Oviraptorosauria.

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Coelurosauria

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Coelurosauria, Ornithomimosauria

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Maniraptora, Metornithes.

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Metornithes

Paul, G.S. (2002). Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801867630.
Metornithes

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Metornithes, Mononykus

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Alxasaurus, Therizinosauroidea.

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Shuvuuia

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Coelurus.

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Compsognathidae, Metornithes, Ornitholestes

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Tyrannosauroidea.

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Tyrannosauridae.

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Coelurosauria

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Coelurosauria

Xu, X, Z-L Tang & X-L Wang (1999), A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China. Nature 399: 350-354.
Beipiaosaurus, Therizinosauroidea.

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Paraves

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Paraves

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Compsognathidae, Metornithes, Ornitholestes, Scansoriopterygidae - Introduction

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Compsognathidae, Falcarius, Therizinosauria

Zanno, L.E., Gillette, D.D., Albright, L.B., and Titus, A.L. (2009). "A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Published online before print July 15, 2009, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1029. online Supplementary information - Academia edu
Compsognathidae, Metornithes

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Compsognathidae, Metornithes, Ornitholestes, Scansoriopterygidae

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