Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Alternative spelling: Microraptoria
Full reference: P. Senter, R. Barsbold, B. B. Britt and D. A. Burnham. 2004. Systematics and evolution of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda). Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8:1-20
Parent taxon: Dromaeosauridae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020
See also Burnham et al. 2004, Ezcurra 2009, Gong et al. 2012, Han et al. 2014, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Longrich and Currie 2009, Makovicky et al. 2005, Senter et al. 2004, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zheng et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Balaur, Bambiraptor, Daurlong, Dromaeosauroides, Eudromaeosauria, Halszkaraptorinae, Imperobator, Kuru, Luanchuanraptor, Nuthetes, Pyroraptor, Richardoestesia, Shri, Tianyuraptor, Unenlagiinae, Variraptor, Velociraptorichnus, Wulong, Zhenyuanlong
Subtaxa: Changyuraptor Dromaeosauriformipes Graciliraptor Hesperonychus Microraptor Shanag Sinornithosaurus Zhongjianosaurus
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), China (15), Mongolia (1), South Korea (1)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences