Anchiornithidae

Anchiornithids; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous
	Skeletal restoration of Anchiornis huxleyi by Scott Hartman, 2017
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Paraves
Family:	†Anchiornithidae; Xu et al. 2016 sensu Foth & Rauhut, 2017
Type species
	†Anchiornis huxleyi; Xu et al., 2009
Genera
	†Anchiornis; †Aurornis; †Caihong; †Eosinopteryx; †Fujianvenator; †Ostromia; †Pedopenna?; †Serikornis; †Xiaotingia; †Yixianosaurus;
Synonyms
	Tetrapterygidae (Chatterjee, 2015); "Anchiornithosaurs" (Rauhut et al., 2016); Anchiorninae [sic] (Xu et al., 2016 sensu Hu et al., 2018);

Anchiornithidae ("near birds") is a family of eumaniraptorans which could be the basalmost family of birds (in the general sense) in the clade Avialae. Anchiornithids have been classified at varying positions in the maniraptoran tree, with some scientists classifying them as a distinct family, a basal subfamily of Troodontidae, members of Archaeopterygidae, or an assemblage of dinosaurs that are an evolutionary grade within Avialae or Paraves.

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