Eumaniraptora

Eumaniraptora ("true maniraptorans") is a group of maniraptoran dinosaurs. Some of their characteristics include:


 * Lacrimal is T-shaped
 * Distal chevrons are split
 * Tail is very mobile proximally, highly stiffened distally
 * Scapula + coracoid form an "L"-shape around the body
 * Pedal digit I is distally placed, giving a good grasping foot (reversed in advanced members of both deinonychosaur groups; enhanced in many avialian groups)
 * Where known, long feathers on the hindlimb (recorded in basal dromaeosaurids and most basal avialians)
 * For the smaller primitive forms, gliding flight might have been possible