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Microraptorinae
Taxonomy
Microraptoria was named by Senter et al. (2004). It was considered monophyletic by Makovicky et al. (2005) and Zheng et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the subfamily Microraptorinae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Deinonychosauria by Senter et al. (2004) and Burnham et al. (2004); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the subfamily Microraptorinae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Deinonychosauria by Senter et al. (2004) and Burnham et al. (2004); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Microraptoria Burnham et al. p. 42A |
| 2004 | Microraptoria Senter et al. p. 2 fig. 2 |
| 2005 | Microraptorinae Makovicky et al. p. supplementary |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Ezcurra p. 1342 |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 610 |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Longrich and Currie |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Zheng et al. |
| 2012 | Microraptorinae Gong et al. p. 82 |
| 2014 | Microraptorinae Han et al. pp. 1,7-8 fig. 5 |
| 2014 | Microraptorinae Williamson and Brusatte p. 10 |
| 2020 | Microraptorinae Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Microraptorinae Senter et al. 2004
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G. †Graciliraptor Xu and Wang 2004 [slender raptor]
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†Graciliraptor lujiatunensis Xu and Wang 2004
G. †Microraptor Xu et al. 2000
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†Microraptor gui Xu et al. 2003
†Microraptor hanqingi Gong et al. 2012
†Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al. 2000
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Invalid names: Archaeoraptor liaoningensis Sloan 1999 [objective synonym], Cryptovolans pauli Czerkas et al. 2002 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archaeoraptor Sloan 1999 [objective synonym], Cryptovolans Czerkas et al. 2002 [synonym]
G. †Sinornithosaurus Xu et al. 1999
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†Sinornithosaurus millenii Xu et al. 1999
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Invalid names: Sinornithosaurus haoiana Liu et al. 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 125.00000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Mongolia (Ovorkhangai) | Shanag ashile (70140) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Changyuraptor yangi (158243) Dromaeosauridae indet. (79488) Graciliraptor lujiatunensis (53493) Sinornithosaurus haoiana (67611) Sinornithosaurus millenii (52888) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Cryptovolans sp., Dromaeosauridae indet. (79518) Microraptor gui (55536) Microraptor hanqingi (132487) Microraptor sp. (79941 105772) Microraptor zhaoianus (55426 118207) Microraptor zhaoianus, Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (55708) Zhongjianosaurus yangi (135798) | |
| Albian | South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) | Dromaeosauriformipes rarus (219899) | |
| Judithian | Canada (Alberta) | Hesperonychus elizabethae (14463) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Hesperonychus elizabethae (22697 48686 52991) |