clade · 26 represented species
Coelurosauria
Coelurosauria is the theropod lineage containing tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs, maniraptorans and birds.
5Direct child groups
8Countries represented
170–0 MaDataset range
Definition
Characteristics and significance
This branch contains most theropods with direct evidence of feathers and encompasses the evolutionary transition to birds.
- Relatively lightweight skeleton
- Elongated lower limbs in many early members
- Feathers documented across multiple branches
Name meaning: Hollow-tailed lizards
Branch structure
Direct branches in this dataset
Representative taxa
Dinosaurs in this branch
Distribution
Geographic record
Germany · France · China · Mexico · Mongolia · Canada · United States · Argentina
Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.
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