The Tree of Maniraptors

Originated as a post on Tumblr (killdeercheer.tumblr.com/post/… - figured I'd release a larger version.

Basically this is a simplified (somewhat) phylogeny of the Maniraptora, with a special emphasis on the birds. This is to show a 'more-or-less' consensus view of what the relationships are between these species. We're making progress on understanding the evolution of birds, but there's still a lot more to go!

Silhouettes from PhyloPic (phylopic.org) with the appropriate credits from:
Doug Backlund
Paul Baker
Robb T. Brumfield
Huali Chang
Danny Cicchetti
John Conway
Nicholas G. Crawford
Dori
Farelli
Brant C. Faircloth
FunkMonk
Travis C. Glenn
John Gould
Arthur Grosset
Mark Hannaford
J. J. Harrison
Scott Hartman
Michael G. Harvey
Songhai Jia
Enoch Joseph
Michael Keesey
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
Liftarn
George E. Lodge
Junchang Lu
Matt Martyniuk
John E. McCormack
Darren Naish
Elizabeth Ostman
Lisa M. 'Pixxl'
Hanyong Pu
Gordon E. Robertson
Michael Scroggie
L. Shyamal 
Nobu Tamura
Steve Traver
Christopher Watson
Emily Willoughby
Elaine Wilson
Li Xu
Lip Kee Yap
Catherine Yasuda
Jiming Zhang