Coelurosauria

Cladogram of the former "Reptilia" (red)

Pencil drawing of Coelurus, a coelurosaurian dinosaur that lived from the Late Jurassic period (North America).

Coelurus fragilis, a coelurosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, pencil drawing, digital coloring

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).

Six exemplar coelurosaurs (clockwise from top left): Tyrannosaurus rex, Sinosauropteryx prima, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Archaeopteryx lithographica, an undescribed crested oviraptorid, and Passer domesticus. This is a collection of six different works which have been previously published on Wikimedia Commons (see source field below).