†family Anchiornithidae Foth and Rauhut 2017 (maniraptoran)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Anchiornithidae
Full reference: C. Foth and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2017. Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:236
Parent taxon: Maniraptora according to C. Foth and O. W. M. Rauhut 2017
Sister taxa: Avialae, Migmanychion, Montanoolithidae, Oviraptorosauria, Palaeopteryx, Paraves, Pseudogeckoolithus, Scansoriopterygidae, Yixianosaurus
Subtaxa: Ostromia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Anchiornithidae in the database