A large Megaraptoridae (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Patagonia, Argentina by Alexis M. Aranciaga Rolando, Matias J. Motta, Federico L. Agnolín, Makoto Manabe, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Fernando E. Novas

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<title language="spa">New Patagonian Cretaceous theropod sheds light about the early radiation of Coelurosauria by Fernando E Novas, Martín D Ezcurra, Federico L Agnolin, Diego Pol, Raúl Ortíz

Subjects: “…Coelurosauria…”
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Restos de Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) en la Formación Alien (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano), en Salitral Ojo de Agua, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina Remains of Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) in the Alien Formation (Campanian-Maastrichthian), in Salitral Ojo de Agua, Río Negro Province, Argentina by Leonardo Salgado, Rodolfo A Coria, Andrea B Arcucci, Luis M Chiappe

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Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand by Adun Samathi, Phornphen Chanthasit, P. Martin Sander

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Variation, variability, and the origin of the avian endocranium: insights from the anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea). by Gabe S Bever, Stephen L Brusatte, Amy M Balanoff, Mark A Norell

“…Also present are features intermediate between the basal theropod and avialan conditions that optimize as the ancestral condition for Coelurosauria--a diverse group of derived theropods that includes modern birds. …”
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NEW ALLOSAUROID (THEROPODA, TETANURAE) REMAINS FROM THE SIERRA BARROSA FORMATION (MIDDLE CONIACIAN, UPPER CRETACEOUS), PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA by Mattia Antonio Baiano, Leonardo Sebastián Filippi

“…The Late Cretaceous theropod fauna of South America is composed of Abelisauridae, Noasauridae, Spinosauridae, Carcharodontosauridae, Megaraptora, and Coelurosauria. These groups include mostly small (Noasauridae and Coelurosauria) and medium- to large-sized taxa (Carcharodontosauridae, Abelisauridae, and Megaraptora). …”
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New Dromaeosaurids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the lower cretaceous of Utah, and the evolution of the Dromaeosaurid tail. by Phil Senter, James I Kirkland, Donald D DeBlieux, Scott Madsen, Natalie Toth

“…Using the resulting phylogeny as a framework, we trace changes in character states of the tail across Coelurosauria to elucidate the evolution of the dromaeosaurid tail.…”
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The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) by Carrano, M, Benson, R, Sampson, S

“…These results position several 'stem' taxa basal to a succession of monophyletic clades (Megalosauroidea, Allosauroidea and Coelurosauria). Megalosauroids include nearly 20 taxa arrayed amongst a basalmost clade (Piatnitzkysauridae, fam. nov.) and the sister taxa Spinosauridae andMegalosauridae; the latter includes two subfamilies, Megalosaurinae and Afrovenatorinae subfam. nov. …”

The anatomy and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu, 1964 from the Early Cretaceous of Alanshan, People's Republic of China by Benson, R, Xing, X

“…A highly reduced fourth trochanter may be an autapomorphy of Chilantaisaurus, as has previously been suggested, or unite the taxon with Coelurosauria in an entirely novel grouping. On the basis of these observations it is likely that Chilantaisaurus is a neotetanuran, but unlikely that it is an allosauroid. …”

The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents by T. Alexander Dececchi, Hans C.E. Larsson, Michael B. Habib

“…Methods: Using biomechanical mathematical models based on known aerodynamic principals and in vivo experiments and ground truthed using extant avians we seek to test if an incipient flight stroke may have contributed sufficient force to permit flap running, WAIR, or leaping takeoff along the phylogenetic lineage from Coelurosauria to birds. Results: None of these behaviours were found to meet the biomechanical threshold requirements before Paraves. …”
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