After Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998, Alifanov & Barsbold, 2009, and Longrich & Currie, 2009
<==o †Alvarezsauridae Bonaparte, 1991 [incl. Parvicursoridae Karhu & Rautian, 1996] (alvarezsaurs, alvarezsaurit) |-- †Hoplocheirus sollers Choiniere, Xu, Clark, Forster, Guo & Han, 2010 `--+-- †Alvarezsaurus calvoi Bonaparte, 1991; L.Cret. SAm. [Alvarezsaurinae Bonaparte, 1991 sensu Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998] `--+--o †Patagonykinae Agnolin, Powell, Novas & Kundrát,, 2012 | |?- †Achillesaurus manazzonei Martinelli & Vera, 2007; L.Cret. SAm. | |-- †Bonapartenykus ultimus Agnolin, Powell, Novas & Kundrát,, 2012; L.Cret. SSAm. | `-- †Patagonykus puertai Novas, 1996; L.Cret. SAm. [] `--o †Parvicursorinae Karhu & Rautian, 1996 [Parvicursoridae Rautian & Karhu, 1996; Mononykinae Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998] |?-+-- †Avimimus portentosus Kurzanov, 1981 [Avimimidae Kurzanov, 1981] [Usually been associated with oviraptors [Oviraptorosauria]] | `-- †Kol ghuva Turner, Nesbitt, & Norell, 2009 [problematic, could also be an oviraptorosaur] |?- †“Ornithomimus” minutus Marsh, 1892b sensu Holtz, 1994 |?- †Alvarezsauridae genera et species indet. [UCMP 154584] [L.Cret. NA., Hell Creek Formation] [Hutchinson & Chiappe, 1998] |-- †Linhenykus monodactylus Xu et al., 2011; L.Cret. EAs. |--+-- [YPM 1049] | `-- †Albertonykus borealis Longrich & Currie, 2009; L.Cret. NAm. `--+--o †Ceratonykini Agnolin, Powell, Novas & Kundrát,, 2012 | |-- †Ceratonykus oculatus Alifanov & Barsbold, 2009; L.Cret. EAs. | |-- †Albinukus baatar Nesbitt et al., 2011; L.Cret. EAs. | `-- †Xixianykus zhangi Xu, Wang, Sullivan, Hone, Han, Yan & Du, 2010; L.Cret. EAs. `--o †Mononykinae Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998 sensu Longrich & Currie, 2009 |--o †“Parvicursorini” | |-- “Tugrik alvarezsaur” | `-- †Parvicursor remortus Karhu & Rautian, 1996; L.Cret. EAs. `--o †Mononykini Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998 sensu Agnolin, Powell, Novas & Kundrát,, 2012 |-- †Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe, Norrell & Clark, 1998; L.Cret. EAs. `--+-- †Ceratonykus oculatus Alifanov & Barsbold, 2009; L.Cret. EAs. `-- †Mononykus olecranus (Perle et al., 1993a) Perle et al., 1993b [Mononychus olecranus Perle et al., 1993a] L.Cret. EAs.
Note: For some reason Chiappe, et al. (2002) translittered Dr. Karhus name as "Karkhu".
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