Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. T. Carrano, and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic. Naturwissenschaften 97:71-78
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to A. M. Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2022
See also Agnolín et al. 2023, Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2019, Benson et al. 2010, Carrano et al. 2012, Lamanna et al. 2020, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2019, Porfiri et al. 2018, Porfiri et al. 2014 and Zanno and Makovicky 2013
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Aoniraptor Megaraptoridae Phuwiangvenator Siats Vayuraptor
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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