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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Avialae
Unranked clade
Fossil sites 34 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
10
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
4
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
2
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
12
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Synonyms (6)
Archaeopterygidae
invalid subgroup of Avialae
Archaeornithidae
invalid subgroup of Avialae
Llerdopteryx
nomen dubium Avialae
Llerdopteryx viai
nomen dubium, species not entered Avialae
Wyleyia
nomen dubium Avialae
Wyleyia valdensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Avialae
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Gauthier. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds. The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight, K. Padian (ed.), Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 8:1-55
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