- The
remains of
Avimimus were
recovered by
Russian paleontologists and
officially described by Dr.
Sergei Kurzanov in 1981. The
Avimimus fossils were initially...
- and Edentoraptora,
which also
incorporates Avimimus, so
called because of the
edentulous dentition of
Avimimus and the caenagnathoids. The 2007 cladistic...
- the
Caudipteridae as the
sister taxon to the
Edentoraptora (Avimimidae [
Avimimus spp.] + Caenagnathoidea).
Their results are displa**** in the cladogram...
-
Avimimus spp....
-
birds than were
other dinosaur groups.
Kurzanov (1987)
suggested that
Avimimus was more
likely to be the
ancestor of all
birds than Archaeopteryx. Barsbold...
-
Avimimus Microvenator...
-
Avimimus Microvenator...
-
instead recovered Kol
outside the Alvarezsauridae, more
closely related to
Avimimus within the Oviraptorosauria, and a
recent study of
Mongolian alvarezsaurids...
- Zanabazar;
ornithomimosaurs Anserimimus and Gallimimus;
oviraptorosaurs Avimimus, Gigantoraptor,
Rinchenia and Elmisaurus;
tyrannosaurids Alectrosaurus...
-
Oviraptorosauria (
Avimimus, Nomingia, Caudipteryx, Similicaudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx, Ningyuansaurus, Citipati, Conchoraptor) –
pennaceous feathers...
