The following cladograms were copied from Wikipedia mainspace articles and used to test the Lua module version of the {{clade}} using the test template {{cladeN}}.
Note: The Hendrickx reference has some good schemes for expanding this cladogram.
The following family tree illustrates a synthesis of the relationships of the major theropod groups based on various studies conducted in the 2010s.[4]
The following family tree illustrates a synthesis of the relationships of the major coelurosaurian groups based on various studies conducted in the 2010s.[4]
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^Otero, Alejandro; Krupandan, Emil; Pol, Diego; Chinsamy, Anusuya; Choiniere, Jonah (2015). "A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic relationships of basal sauropodomorphs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (3): 589. doi:10.1111/zoj.12247.
^ abHendrickx, C.; Hartman, S.A.; Mateus, O. (2015). "An Overview of Non- Avian Theropod Discoveries and Classification". PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 12 (1): 1–73. Cite error: The named reference "theropodphylogeny2015" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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^ abWang M., Wang X., Wang Y., and Zhou Z. (2016). A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds. Scientific Reports, 6: 19700. doi:10.1038/srep19700.
^Lee, Michael SY; Cau, Andrea; Darren, Naish; Gareth J., Dyke (2013). "Morphological Clocks in Paleontology, and a Mid-Cretaceous Origin of Crown Aves". Systematic Biology. 63 (3). Oxford Journals: 442–9. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syt110. PMID24449041.