Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Full reference: X. Zheng, X. Xu, H. You, Q. Zhao, and Z. Song. 2009. A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Parent taxon: Dromaeosauridae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020
See also Gianechini et al. 2017, Han et al. 2014, Pei et al. 2014 and Zheng et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Balaur, Bambiraptor, Daurlong, Dromaeosauroides, Eudromaeosauria, Halszkaraptorinae, Imperobator, Kuru, Luanchuanraptor, Microraptorinae, Nuthetes, Pyroraptor, Richardoestesia, Shri, Unenlagiinae, Variraptor, Velociraptorichnus, Wulong, Zhenyuanlong
Subtaxa: Tianyuraptor ostromi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi (Cretaceous of China)
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