The driving force behind my compiling all this data and "publishing" by opinions of these theropods, I suppose, was an innate interest in seeing what would come of my conclusions. Needless to say, oviraptors are bizzare, and what better field to try out the various paleontological concerns (biogeography, biostratigraphy, biodiversity, ecology, anatomical form and function, phylogeny, etc.) than on these theropods?

Here, then, is the gist of my conclusions so far -- be warned, though: as all things, this is subject to change.

Barsbold (1979b) named the Oviraptorosauria to accentuate the dinosaur Oviraptor's differences from Ornithomimus, also coining the name Ornithomimosauria, for the same reasons. Oviraptorosaurs, however, go far beyond being different from ornithomimosaurs, and while this difference may be less distinct that has been previously suggested (as in Holtz [1994; 1995a,b; 1996]) most of the interesting details are in the internal systematics. I will, though, talk about the general systematics.
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes

Oviraptorosauria

Maniraptorans, theropods including ornithomimosaurs, tyrannosaurs, troodontids, dromaeosaurs, alvarezsaurs, coelurids (see below), and oviraptorosaurs, are united largely on the unique condition of the elongate forelimb, including the presence of a semi-lunate carpal bone, a bowed ulna, ?

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