Orionides

Orionides is a clade of tetanuran theropod dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic to the Present. The clade includes most theropod dinosaurs, including birds.

Orionidans
Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic–Present, Possible Early Jurassic record
1st row (carnosaurs/non-coelurosaurian orionidans):
Allosaurus fragilis, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Torvosaurus tanneri;

2nd row (non-maniraptoran coelurosaurians):
Gallimimus bullatus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Compsognathus longipes;
3rd row (non-eumaniraptoran maniraptorans):
Alvarezsaurus calvoi, Alxasaurus elesitaiensis, Avimimus portentosus;
4th row (eumaniraptorans):
Velociraptor mongoliensis, Hesperornis regalis, Ardenna carneipes.

Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Tetanurae
Clade: Orionides
Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
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