PaleoDB taxon number: 54546
Full reference: R. Barsbold. 1976. K evolyutsii i sistematike pozdnemezozoyskikh khishchnykh dinozavrov [The evolution and systematics of late Mesozoic carnivorous dinosaurs]. In N. N. Kramarenko, B. Luvsandansan, Y. I. Voronin, R. Barsbold, A. K. Rozhdestvensky, B. A. Trofimov & V. Y. Reshetov (eds.), Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of Mongolia. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions 3:68-75
Parent taxon: Maniraptora according to P. Senter et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauridae, Alvarezsauroidea, Anchiornithidae, Avialae, Fukuivenator, Montanoolithidae, Palaeopteryx, Paraves, Yixianosaurus
Subtaxa: Avimimidae, Avimimus, Caenagnathoidea, Caudipterygidae, Incisivosaurus, Ingeniidae, Ningyuansaurus, Oviraptoroidea, Protarchaeopteryx
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore