Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and B. Brown. 1922. The family Deinodontidae, with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 46(6):367-385
Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020
See also Barsbold 1983, Burnham et al. 2004, Currie 1992, Currie 1995, Currie 1997, Currie 2000, Currie et al. 1990, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1966, Longrich and Currie 2009, Matthew and Brown 1922, Paul 1988, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sanz et al. 2014, Senter et al. 2004, Senter et al. 2012, Sereno 1998, Steel 1970, Sues and Averianov 2014, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zinke 1998
Sister taxa: Achillobator, Adasaurus, Deinonychus, Saurornitholestinae, Utahraptor, Vectiraptor, Velociraptorinae
Subtaxa: Boreonykus Dakotaraptor Dromaeosaurus Itemirus Yurgovuchia Zapsalis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (32: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), Kazakhstan (4), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), United States (31: Alaska, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (6)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 85 collections including 87 occurrences