Neotheropoda

Neotheropods; Temporal range: ; Late Triassic–Present, 228–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cast of a Coelophysis bauri skeleton
	A female house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Neotheropoda; Bakker, 1986
Subgroups
	†Cryolophosaurus; †Dilophosaurus; †Dracovenator; †Liliensternus; †Lophostropheus; †Notatesseraeraptor; †Sarcosaurus; †Shuangbaisaurus; †Sinosaurus; †Szechuanosaurus?; †Tachiraptor; †Velocipes?; †Wakinosaurus; †Zupaysaurus; †Coelophysoidea; Averostra;
Synonyms
	Avepoda Paul, 2002; Eutheropoda Novas, Haro & Canale, 2003;

Neotheropoda (meaning "new theropods") is a clade that includes coelophysoids and more advanced theropod dinosaurs, and is the only group of theropods that survived the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event. All neotheropods became extinct by the end of the Early Jurassic except for Averostra.

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Neotheropods Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present, 228–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Cast of a Coelophysis bauri skeleton

A female house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Neotheropoda Bakker, 1986
Subgroups
†Cryolophosaurus †Dilophosaurus †Dracovenator †Liliensternus †Lophostropheus †Notatesseraeraptor †Sarcosaurus †Shuangbaisaurus †Sinosaurus †Szechuanosaurus? †Tachiraptor †Velocipes? †Wakinosaurus †Zupaysaurus †Coelophysoidea Averostra
Synonyms
Avepoda Paul, 2002 Eutheropoda Novas, Haro & Canale, 2003