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Eudromaeosauria

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eudromaeosauria Longrich and Currie p. supplementary
2020Eudromaeosauria Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
—Eudromaeosauria
—Eudromaeosauria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Eudromaeosauria Longrich and Currie 2009
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G. †Achillobator Perle et al. 1999
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†Achillobator giganticus Perle et al. 1999
G. †Adasaurus Barsbold 1977
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†Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold 1983
G. †Deinonychus Ostrom 1969
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†Deinonychus antirrhopus Ostrom 1969
Subfm. †Dromaeosaurinae Matthew and Brown 1922
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G. †Boreonykus Bell and Currie 2016
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†Boreonykus certekorum Bell and Currie 2016
G. †Dakotaraptor DePalma et al. 2015
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†Dakotaraptor steini DePalma et al. 2015
G. †Dromaeosaurus Matthew and Brown 1922
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†Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
G. †Itemirus Kurzanov 1976
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†Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov 1976
G. †Yurgovuchia Senter et al. 2012
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†Yurgovuchia doellingi Senter et al. 2012
G. †Zapsalis Cope 1876
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†Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
Subfm. †Saurornitholestinae Longrich and Currie 2009
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G. †Atrociraptor Currie and Varricchio 2004
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†Atrociraptor marshalli Currie and Varricchio 2004
G. †Saurornitholestes Sues 1978
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†Saurornitholestes sullivani Jasinski 2015
G. †Utahraptor Kirkland et al. 1993
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†Utahraptor ostrommaysi Kirkland et al. 1993
G. †Vectiraptor Longrich et al. 2022
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†Vectiraptor greeni Longrich et al. 2022
Subfm. †Velociraptorinae Barsbold 1983
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G. †Acheroraptor Evans et al. 2013
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†Acheroraptor temertyorum Evans et al. 2013
G. †Dineobellator Jasinski et al. 2020
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†Dineobellator notohesperus Jasinski et al. 2020
G. Kansaignathus Averianov and Lopatin 2021
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†Kansaignathus sogdianus Averianov and Lopatin 2021
G. †Linheraptor Xu et al. 2010
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†Linheraptor exquisitus Xu et al. 2010
G. †Tsaagan Norell et al. 2006
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†Tsaagan mangas Norell et al. 2006
G. †Velociraptor Osborn 1924
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†Velociraptor osmolskae Godefroit et al. 2008
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009Eudromaeosauria is defined as the least inclusive clade containing Saurornitholestes langstoni, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Dromaeosaurus albertensis, and Velociraptor mongoliensis. The clade has been found to be monophyletic by a number of recent analyses.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 1000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 155.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma

Collections (317 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Velociraptorinae indet. (24563)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Velociraptorinae indet. (51859)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia (Shewa) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (48832)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Oriental) Velociraptorinae indet. 2, Velociraptorinae indet. 3, Velociraptorinae indet. (45726)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9USA (Utah) Yurgovuchia doellingi, Dromaeosauridae indet. (97954)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Deinonychus sp. (187920)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Velociraptorinae indet. (96622)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Utah) Dromaeosauridae indet. (105613) Utahraptor ostrommaysi (27017 27025) Utahraptor sp. (24894)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian136.4 - 113.0Japan (Gifu) Velociraptorinae indet. (50310)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (96073) Dromaeosaurinae indet. 1, Dromaeosaurinae indet. 3, Velociraptorinae indet. (53921) Velociraptorinae indet. (89275)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cuenca) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Velociraptorinae indet. (61319)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Vectiraptor greeni (225020)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (137607 137611)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (34746 227265)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0USA (Wyoming) Deinonychus antirrhopus (50352 50355)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (50686 50688)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Utah) Deinonychus sp. (97951)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Oklahoma) Deinonychus antirrhopus (24178)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Deinonychus antirrhopus (102299 137566 137567 137577 137604)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Theropoda indet. (22713)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Maryland) Deinonychus antirrhopus (14376)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Oklahoma) Deinonychus antirrhopus (14374) Deinonychus sp., Deinonychus antirrhopus (14392)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (229407)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Deinonychus sp. (50486)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Arkansas) Deinonychus antirrhopus (222851)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (50483 50484 50491 50525 50531 50539 50540 69693) Deinonychus sp. (50488 50699 50706 52436) Theropoda indet. (50707 227226)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5USA (Montana) Deinonychus antirrhopus (23502 47346 50475 50697) Deinonychus sp. (14379 55246)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Deinonychus antirrhopus (50496 50498 137562)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5USA (Alaska) Alectrosaurus sp. (51888)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Dromaeosauridae indet. (55758)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Shanxi) Velociraptor mongoliensis (71840)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) Laelaps explanatus (58208)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Deinonychus sp. (94550) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Velociraptorinae indet. (22679)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (172153)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Dromaeosaurus sp. (181902)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Velociraptorinae indet. (14415)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Velociraptorinae indet. (230887)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Itemirus medullaris (46959 58159 58166 58168 75943)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Tajikistan (Asht) Velociraptor mongoliensis (53132)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (73446 73447 73448) Velociraptorinae indet., Coeluroidea indet. (59702)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Tajikistan (Sogd) Kansaignathus sogdianus (58701)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov) Dromaeosauridae indet. (62927) Velociraptor sp. (168986)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omngov) Velociraptor mongoliensis (62928)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Saurornitholestes sp. (22689 36608)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1China (Nei Mongol) Linheraptor exquisitus (131829) Velociraptor osmolskae (83719)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Deinonychus sp. (38682)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Velociraptor mongoliense (50729)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Jilin) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (227000)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (230888)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Saurornitholestes sp. (82635)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Saurornitholestes sp. (24924)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Velociraptorinae indet. (230886)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Saurornitholestes sp. (14458)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes langstoni (14488) Saurornitholestes sp. (14489)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Velociraptor sp., Velociraptor mongoliensis (37184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes sp. (109657 109658)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosauridae indet., Saurornitholestes sp. (22699) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (52475) Dromaeosaurus albertensis, Saurornitholestes langstoni (22659 34307 45674 45898 53050) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes langstoni (22695 22698 45260 45264 47816) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (67869 67877 67893) Saurornitholestes langstoni (34305 34309 34315 45238 45261 45262 45671 45822 45892 45893 45897 45899 46958 47784 47793 47807 47811 47814 53049 59113 59224 76752 94765 219534) Saurornitholestes langstoni, Dromaeosaurus sp. (47812) Saurornitholestes langstoni, Dromaeosaurus sp., Dromaeosauridae indet., Paronychodon sp., Zapsalis abradens (22697) Saurornitholestes sp. (22696 52991 67870 67871 67872 67873 67874 67881 67882 67883 67894 89605) Theropoda indet. (59139) Velociraptor sp. (22657)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Dromaeosaurus sp. (35360 59114) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (154244) Saurornitholestes n. sp.? C, Saurornitholestes n. sp.? A, Saurornitholestes langstoni, Saurornitholestes sp. (170939)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Saurornitholestes sp. (67885)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Ovoraptor djadochtari (46152) Tsaagan mangas (45090) Velociraptor mongoliensis (22685 51033) Velociraptor sp. (55256 127668 127678)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) Saurornitholestes sp. (197021)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Saurornitholestes langstoni (47189) Saurornitholestes sp. (36269)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Dromaeosauridae indet. (25658) Dromaeosaurus albertensis, Saurornitholestes langstoni (14437) Saurornitholestes sp. (14482 216964)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Saurornitholestes langstoni (180790)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus albertensis, Saurornitholestes langstoni (152279) Dromaeosaurus sp. (59378 61468 61469) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes langstoni (45240 47794 47795) Saurornitholestes langstoni (45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47809) Saurornitholestes sp. (67879 67880 67884 67892) Theropoda indet. (61471 61493)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes indet., Richardoestesia isosceles, Saurornitholestes langstoni (68003) Saurornitholestes indet., Saurornitholestes langstoni (68001) Saurornitholestes langstoni (68004 68006 68012) Saurornitholestes langstoni, Saurornitholestes sp. A (68007) Saurornitholestes langstoni, Saurornitholestinae indet. (68008) Saurornitholestes sp. (25073) Saurornitholestes sp., Saurornitholestes langstoni (68002) Saurornitholestes sp., Saurornitholestes langstoni, Saurornitholestes sp. A (68014) Tyrannosauridae indet. (68015)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (51682) Dromaeosaurus albertensis, Saurornitholestes langstoni (14434) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (14462) Saurornitholestes langstoni (14457 14490)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Saurornitholestes langstoni (79363)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Velociraptor sp. (65327)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Velociraptor sp. (11582)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Saurornitholestinae indet. (170938)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus albertensis, Saurornitholestes langstoni (45894) Saurornitholestes langstoni (45819 45821 152259) Saurornitholestes sp. (152258)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (229975)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Velociraptorinae indet. (232268)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Velociraptorinae indet., Dromaeosauridae indet. (91781)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Saurornitholestes sp. (48864)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Saurornitholestinae indet. (212620)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Atrociraptor marshalli (152270 152271) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Atrociraptor marshalli (152268)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Saurornitholestes sp. (231469)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Adasaurus mongoliensis (65347)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (85499) Saurornitholestes langstoni (85498)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Atrociraptor marshalli (92963) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (135740) Dromaeosaurinae indet., Dromaeosauridae indet. (55363) Saurornitholestes sp. (60563 76062)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (51889 51890 51893) Saurornitholestes langstoni (51891) Saurornitholestinae indet. (14495)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Dromaeosauridae indet. (10760) Velociraptorinae indet. (59410 67817 193942 221768)
Edmontonian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus sp. (71487)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14639) Paronychodon lacustris (14629) Saurornitholestinae indet. (14506 14509 14513 14521 14546 14548 14549 14582 14583 14613 14615 14624 14650 14653)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dromaeosaurinae sp. (14519) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14514 75443) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (14543 75280) Saurornitholestes sp. (14540 14541 14542 14544 14643 70343 75287 75296 75297 75429 75431 75432 75447) Saurornitholestinae indet. (14566 14577)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Saurornitholestes sp. (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Dromaeosaurus sp. (96082)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14537)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Dromaeosauridae indet. (169322)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes sp. A, Saurornitholestes langstoni (68009) Saurornitholestes sp. B, Saurornitholestes langstoni (68011) Saurornitholestes sp. C (68010)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Saurornitholestes sp. (45098 45099 45102 45111 45118 45128 45145)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Dromaeosauridae indet. (97795)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Dromaeosaurus sp. (49539)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Velociraptorinae indet. (26369 27894 219176)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acheroraptor temertyorum (152397) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Dromaeosaurus sp. (54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Amur) Saurornitholestes sp., Dromaeosauridae indet. (38134) Velociraptorinae indet., Dromaeosauridae indet. (47029)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakotaraptor steini (174241) Saurornitholestes sp., Acheroraptor temertyorum, Dakotaraptor steini (224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dromaeosauridae indet., Saurornitholestes sp. (14585) Dromaeosaurus sp., Saurornitholestes sp. (26760)