†subfamily Ornitholestinae Paul 1988 (allosaurid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Allosauridae

Full reference: G. S. Paul. 1988. The small predatory dinosaurs of the mid-Mesozoic: the horned theropods of the Morrison and Great Oolite - Ornitholestes and Proceratosaurus - and the sickle-claw theropods of the Cloverly, Djadokhta and Judith River - Deinonychus, Velociraptor and Saurornitholestes. Hunteria 2(4):1-9

Parent taxon: Allosauridae according to G. S. Paul 1988

See also Paul 1988

Sister taxa: Allosaurinae, Saurophaganax

Subtaxa: none

Type: Ornitholestes

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ornitholestinae in the database

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