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Coelurosauria

Birds, tyrannosaurs, velociraptors, etc.

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Classification follows Sereno 1999.
Containing group: Theropoda

Other Names for Coelurosauria

References

Barsbold, R., P. J. Currie, N. P. Myhrvold, H. Osmolska, K. Tsogtbaatar, and M. Watabe. 2000. A pygostyle from a non-avian theropod - The independent evolution of a bird-like tail has been discovered in an oviraptorosaur. Nature 403:155-156.

Chen, P.-J., Z.-M. Dong, and S.-N. Zhen. 1998. An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 391:147-152.

Chiappe, L. M. and L. M. Witmer, eds. 2002. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.

Chiappe, L. M., M. A. Norell, and J. M. Clark. 1998. The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus. Nature 392:275-278.

Currie, P. J. 1995. New information on the anatomy and relationships of Dromaeosaurus albertensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15:576-591.

Dal Sasso, C. and M. Signore. 1998. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy. Nature 392:383-387.

Dingus, L. and T. Rowe. 1997. The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York.

Forster, C. A., S. D. Sampson, L. M. Chiappe, and D. W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: New evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science 279:1915-1919.

Gauthier, J. and L. F. Gall, eds. 2001. New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Ji, Q., P. J. Currie, M. A. Norell, and S. A. Ji. 1998. Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China. Nature 393:753-761.

Jones, T. D., J. A. Ruben, L. D. Martin, E. N. Kurochkin, A. Feduccia, P. F. A. Maderson, W. J. Hillenius, N. R. Geist, and V. Alifanov. 2000. Nonavian feathers in a Late Triassic archosaur. Science 288:2202-2205.

Holtz, T. R. 1994. The phylogenetic position of the Tyrannosauridae - Implications for theropod systematics. Journal of Paleontology 68:1100-1117.

Holtz, T. R. 1996. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Paleontology 70:536-538.

Norell, M. A., J. M. Clark, L. M. Chiappe, and D. Dashzeveg. 1995. A nesting dinosaur. Nature 378:774-776.

Padian, K. and L. M. Chiappe. 1998. The origin and early evolution of birds. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 73:1-42.

Sereno, P. C. 1999. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284:2137-2147.

Thomas, A. L. R. and J. P. Garner. 1998. Are birds dinosaurs? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:129-130.

Unwin, D.M. 1998. Feathers, filaments and theropod dinosaurs. Nature 391:119-120.

Varricchio, D. J., F. Jackson, J. J. Borkowski, and J. R. Horner. 1997. Nest and egg clutches of the dinosaur Troodon formosus and the evolution of avian reproductive traits. Nature 385:247-250.

Xu, X., Y.-N. Cheng, X.-L. Wang, and C.-H. Chang. 2002. An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China. Nature 419:291 - 293.

Xu, X., Z.-L. Tang, and X.-L. Wang. 1999. A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China. Nature 399:350-354.

Xu, X., X.-L. Wang, and X.-C. Wu. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401:262-266.

Xu, X., Z. Zhou, X. Wang, X. Kuang, F. Zhang and X. Du. 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature 421:335-340.

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Scientific Name Pelecanus occidentalis
Location Florida, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior flying
Source Brown Pelican
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 mike blache'
Scientific Name Tyrannosaurus rex
Location Oxford University Museum
Specimen Condition Model
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Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2004 Kevin Walsh
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