Maniraptoriformes

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Maniraptoriformes
Fossil range: Jurassic-Cretaceous (non-avian)
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
(unranked) Maniraptoriformes
Holtz, 1995
Subclades

Maniraptoriformes is a clade that contain ornithomimoids and maniraptors. This group was created by Thomas Holtz in 1995. It definition is "any theropod closer to Ornithomimus velox than Passer domesticus".