Full reference: J. A. Wagner. 1861. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der urweltlichen Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers [New contributions to the knowledge of the ancient fauna of the lithographic slates]. Abhandlungen der königlichen bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaft, II Classe 9(1):65-124
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aniksosaurus, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coelurus, Columbosauripus, Compsognathidae, 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: Compsognathus longipes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-insectivore