Anchiornithidae
| Anchiornithids Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Late Jurassic | |
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| 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 | |
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Anchiornithidae is a family of small paravian dinosaurs. Anchiornithids have been classified at varying positions in the paravian 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.