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Microraptorinae
Taxonomy
Microraptoria was named by Senter et al. (2004). It was considered monophyletic by Makovicky et al. (2005) and Zheng et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the subfamily Microraptorinae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Deinonychosauria by Senter et al. (2004) and Burnham et al. (2004); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the subfamily Microraptorinae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Deinonychosauria by Senter et al. (2004) and Burnham et al. (2004); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Zheng et al. (2009), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Gong et al. (2012), Han et al. (2014), Williamson and Brusatte (2014) and Jasinski et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Microraptoria Burnham et al. p. 42A |
| 2004 | Microraptoria Senter et al. p. 2 fig. 2 |
| 2005 | Microraptorinae Makovicky et al. p. supplementary |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Ezcurra p. 1342 |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 610 |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Longrich and Currie |
| 2009 | Microraptorinae Zheng et al. |
| 2012 | Microraptorinae Gong et al. p. 82 |
| 2014 | Microraptorinae Han et al. pp. 1,7-8 fig. 5 |
| 2014 | Microraptorinae Williamson and Brusatte p. 10 |
| 2020 | Microraptorinae Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3 |
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Subfm. †Microraptorinae Senter et al. 2004
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G. †Graciliraptor Xu and Wang 2004 [slender raptor]
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†Graciliraptor lujiatunensis Xu and Wang 2004
G. †Microraptor Xu et al. 2000
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†Microraptor gui Xu et al. 2003
†Microraptor hanqingi Gong et al. 2012
†Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al. 2000
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Invalid names: Archaeoraptor liaoningensis Sloan 1999 [objective synonym], Cryptovolans pauli Czerkas et al. 2002 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archaeoraptor Sloan 1999 [objective synonym], Cryptovolans Czerkas et al. 2002 [synonym]
G. †Sinornithosaurus Xu et al. 1999
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†Sinornithosaurus millenii Xu et al. 1999
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Invalid names: Sinornithosaurus haoiana Liu et al. 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available