Maniraptoriformes

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Maniraptoriformes
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Maniraptoriformes is a clade of dinosaurs with feathers and wings.[1] It contains ornithomimosaurs and maniraptorans.

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The group was named by Thomas Holtz. He defined it as "the most recent common ancestor of Ornithomimus and birds, and all descendants of that common ancestor".

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Maniraptoromorpha

Maniraptoromorpha is a clade which contains maniraptorformes and the extinct ornitholestes.

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