Full reference: J. I. Kirkland, B. B. Britt, C. H. Whittle, S. K. Madsen, and D. L. Burge. 1998. A small coelurosaurian theropod from the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of eastern Utah. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:239-248
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to T. R. Holtz et al. 2004
See also Britt et al. 2009, Brownstein 2017, Kirkland et al. 1998, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003 and Senter et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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