PaleoDB taxon number: 53940
Alternative spelling: Coelurosaurida
Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1914. Beiträge zur geschichte der Archosaurier [Contribution to the history of the archosaurs]. Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 13(7):1-56
Parent taxon: Avetheropoda according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014
Sister taxa: Bahariasaurus, Carnosauria, Coeluria, Compsognathia, Gualicho, Iliosuchus, Protoavia, Shanyangosaurus
Subtaxa: Alvarezsauria, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Defarrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tugulusaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore