Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239
Parent taxon: Theropoda according to M. T. Carrano 2013
Sister taxa: Ageroolithus, Anchisauripodidae, Archaeornithoididae, Asianopodus, Avipoda, Boutakioutichnium, Bueckeburgichnus, Byakudansauropus, Carmelopodus, Coeluridae, Coelurosauroidea, Compsognatha, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Deinocheirosauria, Elongatoolithidae, Eodromaeus, Eoraptor, Eubrontidae, Fenestrosaurus, Fuscinapedis, Gigandipodidae, Grallatoridae, Hadrosaurichnus, Herrerasauridae, Iranosauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuangyuanpus, Kuwajimasauropus, Laevisoolithidae, Megalosauropus, Minisauripus, Neotheropoda, Neotrisauropus, Ornithoides, Ovoraptor, Paleotheropoda, Parachirotheriidae, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Protoavis, Reticuloolithus, Sarmientichnus, Saurexallopus, Sauropodidae, Selenichnidae, Selenichnus, Siamopodus, Sigilmassasauridae, Skartopus, Spinosauria, Subtiliolithidae, Tawa, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Unenlagiidae, Wildeichnus, Yangtzepus, Yaverlandia, Zanclodontidae, Szechuanosaurus yandonensis
Subtaxa: Sinosaurus triassicus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore