Neotheropoda
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Neotheropods Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present, 220–0Ma | |
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Reconstructed skeletons of Coelophysis bauri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Neotheropoda Bakker, 1986 |
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Neotheropoda, or "new theropods", is a clade that includes coelophysoids and more advanced theropod dinosaurs.
Definition
Neotheropoda was named by Robert T. Bakker in 1986 as a group including the relatively advanced theropod subgroups Ceratosauria and Tetanurae.[1] However, most later researchers have used it to denote a broader group. Neotheropoda was first defined as a clade by Paul Sereno in 1998 as Coelophysis plus modern birds, which includes almost all theropods except the most primitive species.[2]
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