Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1882. Classification of the Dinosauria. American Journal of Science 23:81-86
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aniksosaurus, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coelurus, Columbosauripus, Compsognathus, Defarrariischnium, Halticosauridae, Ignotornis, Juravenator, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Nedcolbertia, Ngexisaurus, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimipus, Plesiothornipus, Proceratosaurus, Richardoestesia, Satapliasaurus, Segisauridae, Shensipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Therizinosauroidea, Tugulusaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Aristosuchus, Huaxiagnathus, Mirischia, Nqwebasaurus, Scipionyx, Sinocalliopteryx
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore