- Maniraptoriformes.
Maniraptorans first appear in the
fossil record during the Jur****ic
Period (see Eshanosaurus), and
survive today as
living birds.
Maniraptorans are...
- The
Horseshoe Canyon Formation is a
stratigraphic unit of the
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in
southwestern Alberta. It
takes its name from Horseshoe...
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dinosaurs that
includes compsognathids, tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs,
maniraptorans, and
possibly megaraptorans.
Maniraptora includes birds, the only known...
- an
unresolved position equally closely related to ornithomimosaurs,
maniraptorans, and Ornitholestes.
Several similarities with the
Dromaeosauridae were...
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moderate biceps tubercle.
Oviraptorosaurs are
different from most
other maniraptorans in the form of
their skulls. They have
shortened snouts, beak-like jaws...
- Yuan
called it a "proto-
maniraptoran",
supporting the
hypothesis of
Gregory S. Paul that the larger, ground-dwelling
maniraptorans like
Velociraptor evolved...
- (which
includes tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs,
compsognathids and
maniraptorans, the
latter including living birds).
Tetanurans are
defined as all theropods...
- of this
group to
abandon carnivory.
Several other lineages of
early maniraptorans show
adaptations for an
omnivorous diet,
including seed-eating (some...
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event of the Jur****ic was the
appearance of true birds,
descended from
maniraptoran coelurosaurians. By the
Early Cretaceous and the
ongoing breakup of Pangaea...
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Parvicursor (meaning "small runner") is a
genus of tiny
maniraptoran dinosaur with long
slender legs for fast running. The
holotype PIN no. 4487/25, mostly...
