Avetheropoda, or `bird theropods`, is a clade that includes carnosaurs and coelurosaurs to the exclusion of other dinosaurs. ==Definition== Avetheropoda was named by Gregory S. Paul in 1988, and was first defined as a clade by Currie and Padian in 1997, to include Allosaurus, modern birds, and other animals descended from their most recent ances.....