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{{Automatic taxobox | name = Pennaraptorans
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Pennaraptorans
| fossil_range = <br>[[Late Jurassic]]&ndash;[[Holocene|Present]], {{Fossil range|160|0}}
| fossil_range = <br>[[Late Jurassic]]&ndash;[[Holocene|Present]], {{Fossil range|167|0}}
|image = Conchoraptor in nest.jpg
|image = Conchoraptor in nest.jpg
|image_caption = Cast skeleton of ''[[Conchoraptor gracilis]]''
|image_caption = Cast skeleton of ''[[Conchoraptor gracilis]]''

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Pennaraptorans
Temporal range:
Late JurassicPresent, 167–0 Ma
Cast skeleton of Conchoraptor gracilis
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Maniraptora
Clade: Pennaraptora
Foth et al., 2014
Subgroups

Pennaraptora is a clade defined as the most recent common ancestor of Oviraptor philoceratops, Deinonychus antirrhopus, and Passer domesticus (the house sparrow), and all descendants thereof, by Foth et al., 2014.[1] The earliest known definitive member of this clade is Anchiornis, from the late Jurassic period of China, about 160 million years ago.

The clade "Aviremigia" was conditionally proposed along with several other apomorphy-based clades relating to birds by Jacques Gauthier and Kevin de Queiroz in a 2001 paper. Their proposed definition for the group was "the clade stemming from the first panavian with ... remiges and rectrices, that is, enlarged, stiff-shafted, closed-vaned (= barbules bearing hooked distal pennulae), pennaceous feathers arising from the distal forelimbs and tail".[2]

References

  1. ^ Foth, Christian (2014). "New specimen of Archaeopteryx provides insights into the evolution of pennaceous feathers". Nature. 511 (7507): 79–82. doi:10.1038/nature13467. PMID 24990749.
  2. ^ Gauthier, J. and de Queiroz, K. (2001). "Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name 'Aves'". Pp. 7-41 in Gauthier, J. and L.F. Gall (eds.), New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom. New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. ISBN 0-912532-57-2.