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Maniraptora is the only dinosaur group known to include flying members, though how far back in this lineage flight extends is controversial. Powered and/or gliding flight is believed to have been present in some types of non-avialan paravians, including dromaeosaurids, such as Rahonavis and Microraptor . [ 7 ]
Articles related to the Maniraptora, a clade of coelurosaurian dinosaurs which includes the birds and the non-avian dinosaurs that were more closely related to them than to Ornithomimus velox. It contains the major subgroups Avialae, Dromaeosauridae, Troodontidae, Oviraptorosauria, and Therizinosauria.
Oviraptorosaurs ("egg thief lizards") are a group of feathered maniraptoran dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia and North America.They are distinct for their characteristically short, beaked, parrot-like skulls, with or without bony crests atop the head.
Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like, herbivorous and omnivorous maniraptoran dinosaurs.Oviraptorids are characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in some cases, elaborate crests.
Chirostenotes has a confusing history of discovery and naming. The first fossils of Chirostenotes, a pair of hands, were in 1914 found by George Fryer Sternberg near Little Sandhill Creek in the Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada, which has yielded the most dinosaurs of any Canadian formation.
Coelurosauria is a subgroup of theropod dinosaurs that includes compsognathids, tyrannosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, and maniraptorans; Maniraptora includes birds, the only known dinosaur group alive today. [5] Most feathered dinosaurs discovered so far have been coelurosaurs.
Alvarezsauridae is a family of small, long-legged dinosaurs.Although originally thought to represent the earliest known flightless birds, they are now thought to be an early diverging branch of maniraptoran theropods.
Restoration and size comparison. Gobivenator was a small theropod, measuring 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) long and weighing 9 kilograms (20 lb). [2] It belongs to the family Troodontidae, a group of small, bird-like, gracile maniraptorans.