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Clade
Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Dromaeosaurinae
Nominal Author
Matthew and Brown 1922
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
The active definition is a first-order revision of that in Sereno (1998). Dromaeosaurid species are now quite numerous, and this taxon is useful as long as it includes more than the eponymous genus and species. Given the lack of resolution in current analyses, especially with respect Dromaeosaurus, and the large number of well preserved species, three additonal external specifiers are included (Microraptor zhaoianus, Unenlagia comahuensis, Passer domesticus) to limit membership and prevent overlap with comparable subfamilial taxa within Dromaeosauridae.
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922 but not Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn 1924, Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al. 2000, Unenlagia comahuensis Novas and Puerta 1997, Passer domesticus (Linnaeus 1758).
Shorthand
> Dromaeosaurus albertensis but not Velociraptor mongoliensis, Microraptor zhaoianus, Unenlagia comahuensis, Passer domesticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status checked
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Dromaeosaurus albertensis
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Specifier(s) C
Velociraptor mongoliensis, Microraptor zhaoianus, Unenlagia comahuensis, Passer domesticus
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Datum
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1998

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All dromaeosaurids closer to Dromaeosaurus than to Velociraptor.
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