#suborder_Maniraptora__Maniraptora advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: suborder_Theropoda
member: maniraptor advanced carnivorous theropod
member: oviraptorid advanced carnivorous theropod
member: genus_Velociraptor advanced carnivorous theropod
member: velociraptor small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
member: family_Dromaeosauridae__Dromaeosauridae swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
member: dromaeosaur a kind of maniraptor
member: genus_Deinonychus advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
member: deinonychus__deinonychu swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
member: genus_Utahraptor advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
member: utahraptor__superslasher large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright 15-in slashing claw on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
member: genus_Mononychus authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur
member: Mononychus_olecranus 75-million-year-old turkey-sized long-legged fossil found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia having birdlike fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short 3-inch-long forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute
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