Full reference: R. Barsbold. 1976. K evolyutsii i sistematike pozdnemezozoyskikh khishchnykh dinozavrov [The evolution and systematics of late Mesozoic carnivorous dinosaurs]. In N. N. Kramarenko, B. Luvsandansan, Y. I. Voronin, R. Barsbold, A. K. Rozhdestvensky, B. A. Trofimov & V. Y. Reshetov (eds.), Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of Mongolia. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions 3:68-75
Parent taxon: Maniraptora according to P. Senter 2007
See also Barsbold 1976, Barsbold 1977, Barsbold 1983, Currie 1997, Currie et al. 1994, Currie and Russell 1988, Holtz 1995, Holtz 1996, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2000, Maryanska et al. 2002, Osmolska 1990, Osmólska et al. 2004, Pu et al. 2017, Rauhut 2003, Russell 1984, Russell and Dong 1994, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999 and Yu et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Anchiornithidae, Avialae, Migmanychion, Montanoolithidae, Palaeopteryx, Paraves, Pseudogeckoolithus, Scansoriopterygidae, Yixianosaurus
Subtaxa: Avimimidae Avimimus Caenagnathidae Caenagnathoidea Caudipterygidae Caudipteryx Incisivosaurus Ingeniidae Ningyuansaurus Oviraptoridae Oviraptoroidea Protarchaeopteryx Saurexallopus Yuanyanglong
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore