Editing Maniraptora (section)

{{Short description|Clade of dinosaurs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Maniraptorans
| fossil_range = <br />[[Middle Jurassic]]–[[Holocene|Present]], {{Fossil range|165|earliest=Early Jurassic|0|ref=<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = H. | last2 = Wang | first2 = M. | last3 = Liu | first3 = X. | year = 2008 | title = Constraints on the upper boundary age of the Tiaojishan Formation volcanic rocks in West Liaoning-North Hebei by LA-ICP-MS dating | journal = Chinese Science Bulletin | volume = 53 | issue = 22| pages = 3574–3584 | doi = 10.1007/s11434-008-0287-4| bibcode = 2008SciBu..53.3574Z }}</ref>}}<small>Possible [[Early Jurassic]] record<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Barrett|first1=P. M.|date=2009|title=The affinities of the enigmatic dinosaur ''Eshanosaurus deguchiianus'' from the Early Jurassic of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China|journal=Palaeontology|volume=52|issue=4|pages=681−688|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00887.x|doi-access=|bibcode=2009Palgy..52..681B }}</ref></small>
| image = Maniraptora Infobox Panoply.png
| image_upright = 1.3
| image_caption = Collage of six maniraptorans. From top left to right: the Zamyn Khondt [[oviraptorid]], ''[[Sinornithosaurus]]'', the [[Prince Creek Formation|Prince Creek]] [[troodontid]], ''[[Patagonykus]]'', a [[short-tailed albatross]], and ''[[Nothronychus]]''
| taxon = Maniraptora
| authority = [[Jacques Gauthier|Gauthier]], 1986
| subdivision_ranks = Subgroups
| subdivision = * {{extinct}}''[[Fukuivenator]]''
* {{extinct}}''[[Juravenator]]''?
* {{extinct}}''[[Migmanychion]]''
* {{extinct}}''[[Ornitholestes]]''?
* {{extinct}}''[[Unquillosaurus]]''
* {{extinct}}''[[Yaverlandia]]''
* {{extinct}}'''[[Alvarezsauroidea]]'''
* {{extinct}}'''[[Therizinosauria]]'''
* '''Pennaraptora'''<br><small>Foth, Tischlinger & Rauhut, 2014</small>
** {{extinct}}'''[[Oviraptorosauria]]'''
** {{extinct}}'''[[Scansoriopterygidae]]'''
** '''[[Paraves]]'''
| synonyms = *'''Metornithes''' <small>Perle et al., 1993</small>
}}

'''Maniraptora''' is a [[clade]] of [[coelurosauria]]n [[dinosaur]]s which includes the [[bird]]s and the non-avian dinosaurs that were more closely related to them than to ''[[Ornithomimus velox]]''. It contains the major subgroups [[Avialae]], [[Dromaeosauridae]], [[Troodontidae]], [[Oviraptorosauria]], and [[Therizinosauria]]. ''[[Ornitholestes]]'' and the [[Alvarezsauroidea]] are also often included. Together with the next closest sister group, the [[Ornithomimosauria]], Maniraptora comprises the more inclusive clade [[Maniraptoriformes]]. Maniraptorans first appear in the fossil record during the [[Jurassic Period]] (see ''[[Eshanosaurus]]''), and [[origin of birds#Phylogeny|survive today]] as living birds.