Reptilia - Theropoda - Archaeornithoididae
Full reference: A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823
Parent taxon: Theropoda according to A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer 1993
See also Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1992
Sister taxa: Ageroolithus, Allosaurus sibiricus, Altispinax, Anchisauripodidae, Avalonia, Avipoda, Boutakioutichnium, Bradycnemidae, Byakudansauropus, Calamospondylus, Carmelopodus, Ceratosauria, Chindesaurus, Coeluroidae, Coeluroidea, Compsognatha, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Deinocheirosauria, Deinodontia, Dispersituberoolithus, Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis, Elongatoolithidae, Embasaurus, Eodromaeus, Erythrovenator, Eubrontes titanopelobatidus, Eubrontidae, Eutynichnium, Fenestrosaurus, Filichnites, Fuscinapedis, Gigandipodidae, Grallatoridae, Gypsichnites, Hadrosaurichnus, Halticosaurus, Herrerasauridae, Himeoolithus, Hispanosauropus, Hunanpus, Iberosauripus, Iliosuchidae, Iranosauripus, Irenesauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kakuru, Kakuru kujani, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuwajimasauropus, Laevisoolithidae, Massospondylus rawesi, Megalosauropus, Megalosaurus cloacinus, Megalosaurus hungaricus, Megalosaurus insignis, Megalosaurus lydekkeri, Megalosaurus obtusus, Megalosaurus pombali, Moraesichnium, Neotheropoda, Nipponoolithus, Oblongoolithidae, Orcauichnites, Ordexallopus, Ornithoides, Ornithopodichnites, Ostafrikasaurus, Ostendichnus, Ovoraptor, Ozraptor, Paleotheropoda, Parachirotheriidae, Paracorpulentapus, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Poekilopleuron schmidti, Protoavis, Prototrisauropodiscus, Reticuloolithus, Salfitichnus, Sarmientichnus, Saurocephalus monasterii, Sauropodidae, Segisauridae, Selenichnidae, Selenichnus, Shuangbaisaurus, Siamopodus, Sigilmassasauridae, Sinosaurus, Spinosauria, Stillatuberoolithus, Symphypoda, Szechuanosaurus, Tawa, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Trisauropodiscidae, Tristraguloolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Unenlagiidae, Vitakrisauria, Wakinosaurus, Wakinyantanka, Walgettosuchus, Wildeichnus, Xiangxipus, Yangtzepus, Yaverlandia, Zanclodon cambrensis, Zanclodon silesiacus, Zanclodontoidae, Zhengichnus, Zhengichnus jinningensis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archaeornithoididae in the database