Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptoriformes is a clade of dinosaurs with feathers and wings.[1] It contains ornithomimosaurs and maniraptorans.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Neocoelurosauria |
| Clade: | Maniraptoriformes |
The group was named by Thomas Holtz. He defined it as "the most recent common ancestor of Ornithomimus and birds, and all descendants of that common ancestor".
Maniraptoromorpha
Maniraptoromorpha is a clade which contains maniraptorformes and the extinct ornitholestes.
Maniraptoriformes Media
A 3 metres long coelurosaurian dinosaur from Argentina
Zuolong salleei restoration flipped for use in cladograms and such.
Tyrannosaurus-rex-Profile-steveoc86 (coloured)
A reconstruction of Aorun, a small coelurosaurian theropod from the Middle Jurassic China.
Reconstructed version of the small theropod dinosaur Scipionyx, a coelurosaurian found in Italia, and dated to be about 115 million years old. Here, it is depicted with feathers. HERE is a version without feathers.
Ornitholestes reconstruction
Sinosauropteryx mmartyniuk solosml
Hypothetical Deinocheirus (flipped)
Deinonychus ewilloughby (flipped)
Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon - ein Nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen Wissens (1908) (Antwerpener Breiftaube)
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References
- ↑ Zelenitsky, D. K.. Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins. Science 338 (6106) (2012). p. 510–514. doi:10.1126/science.1225376.