Family
Valid Extinct

Anchiornithidae

Foth and Rauhut 2017

Anchiornithidae is a family of small paravian dinosaurs. Anchiornithids have been classified at varying positions in the paravian tree, with some scientists classifying them as a distinct family, a basal subfamily of Troodontidae, members of Archaeopterygidae, or an assemblage of dinosaurs that are an evolutionary grade within Avialae or Paraves.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Anchiornithidae
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Skeletal restoration of Anchiornis huxleyi by Scott Hartman (2017), incorporating the soft tissue outlines revealed by laser fluorescence studies. © Wang X., Pittman, M., Zheng X., Kaye, T.G., Falk, A.R., Hartman, S.A., and Xu X. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Anchiornithidae Family
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Bibliography
Original description
C. Foth and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2017. Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:236 DOI ↗