After Paul 2002
<==o Avepectora Paul, 2002 |-- †Alvarezsauridae sensu Xu, Norell, Wang, Makovicky & Wu, 2002 |?- †Avialae genera et species indet. [Mongolia] |?- †Unenlagia comahuensis Novas & Puerta, 1997 `--+--o Archaeopterygidae [Archaeopterygiformes] | |-- †Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji & Ji, 1997 | `-- †Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer, 1861 [Synonyms] (liskolintu; urvogel) `--+?- †Rahonavis ostromi (Forster et al., 1998a) [Rahona ostromi Forster et al., 1998a] |-- †Dromaeosauridae sensu Xu, Zhou & Wang, 2000 `--+-- †Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924d [Saurornithoididae Barsbold, 1974] `--+--o “Oviraptoromorpha” | |?- †Microvenator celer Ostrom, 1970a | |?- †Therizinosauroidea Maleev, 1954 sensu Russell & Dong, 1993 [Segnosauria Perle, 1979 sensu Barsbold & Perle, 1980; Segnosaurischia] (segnosaurit; segnosaurs i. e. therizinosaurs) | `-- †Oviraptorosauria Barsbold, 1976b (oviraptorit) `-- Avebrevicauda [Aves sensu lato]
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