Full reference: L. K. Gabuniya. 1951. O sledakh dinozavrov iz nizhnemelovykh otlozheniy zapadnoy Gruziy [On the tracks of dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of western Georgia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 81(5):917-919
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to H. Haubold 1971
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coelurus, Columbosauripus, Compsognathidae, Compsognathus, Defarrariischnium, Halticosauridae, Ignotornis, Juravenator, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Nedcolbertia, Ngexisaurus, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimipus, Plesiothornipus, Proceratosaurus, Richardoestesia, Segisauridae, Shensipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Therizinosauroidea, Tugulusaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Satapliasaurus dsocenidzei, Satapliasaurus kandelakii, Satapliasaurus tschabukianii
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore