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Taxon
Taxon
Maniraptoriformes
Nominal Author
Holtz 1995
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments

Maniraptoriformes is adopted in this compilation as a more inclusive clade with a node-based definition that includes ornithomimids but excludes all more distantly related coelurosaurians, following Holtz (1996), Padian (1997) and Sereno (1998). First coined in two adjacent abstracts (Holtz 1995; Holtz and Padian 1995) and first defined by Holtz (1996), the active definition is a first-order revision that uses species as specifiers. The correct citation for authorship of the taxon is Holtz (1995) (not Holtz 1996, contra Sereno 1998, Padian et al. 1999, Osmólska et al. 2004). Maniraptoriformes contains most coelurosaurs, allowing the stem-based taxon Coelurosauria to include others that may constitute immediate outgroups, such as Ornitholestes and possibly Tyrannosauroidea.

The definition by Maryanska et al. (2002) used Ornithomimus velox as a specifier rather than Ornithomimus edmontonicus, as the former is the type species of the genus. However, the higher taxa in which it belongs (e.g. Ornithomimosauria) are based etymologically on the genus, not the species. O. edmontonicus is much better known and is the taxon represented in most analyses. The recent definition by Senter et al. (2004), the clade bracketed by Ornithomimus and birds, is not a complete phylogenetic definition.

Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Ornithomimus edmontonicus Sternberg 1933 and Passer domesticus (Linnaeus 1758).
Shorthand
< Ornithomimus edmontonicus and Passer domesticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status checked
Definition Type NODE
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Ornithomimus edmontonicus
Specifier(s) B
Passer domesticus
Specifier(s) C
Qualifiers
+Taxon
-Taxon
Datum
Taxonomic Content
Publication Year Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
1996

Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
Critique
 

Definitional History #1
Earliest Record
The most recent common ancestor of Ornithomimus and birds (i.e., the most recent common ancestor of Arctometatarsalia and Maniraptora), and all descendants of that common ancestor.
Latest Record
Holtz 1996:538
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Ornithomimus, birds
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Definitional History #2
Earliest Record
Ornithomimus, Neornithes, their most recent common ancestor and all descendants.
Latest Record
Sereno 1998:65
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Ornithomimus, Neornithes
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Definitional History #3
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The least-inclusive clade containing Passer domesticus (Linnaeus,1758) and Ornithomimus velox Marsh, 1890.
Latest Record
Maryanska et al. 2002:100
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Ornithomimus velox, Passer domesticus
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Ornithomimus, birds
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