Dromeasaurid systematics

[Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>]

Here is the systematic paleontology of the Dromaeosauridae.

Dinosauria:
Saurischia:
Theropoda:
Neotheropoda:
Tetanurae:
Avetheropoda:
Coelurosauria:
"Eumaniraptora:
Maniraptora:
Family Dromaeosauridae

Subfamily 1  Dromaeosaurinae
>   Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold 1983
>   Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew & Brown 1922
>   Utahraptor ostrommaysorum Kirkland Burge & Gaston 1993

Subfamily 2 Velociraptorinae
>   Saurornitholestes (or Velociraptor) langstoni Sues 1978
>   Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn 1924
>   Deinonychus antirrhopus Ostrom 1969

Dromaeosaurids of uncertain position
>   Elopteryx nopscai Andrews 192x (I'll have to check the date)
>   Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska 1982
>   "Kitadanisaurus" Lambert 1990, Manabe & Hasegawa 1991
>   Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis Dong 1973 (n.d.)
>      "Koreanosaurus"  (n.n.)
>   to be described: Mongolian dromaeosaur (4m long)
                 and a Mongolian dromaeosaur (>8m long!)

and some dromaeosaurid teeth:
>      Aublysodon lateralis Cope 1876 (n.d.)
>      Laelaps cristatus Cope 1876 (n.d.)
>      Laelaps explanatus Cope 1876 (n.d.)
>      Laelaps laevifrons Cope 1876 (n.d.)

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov
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