neotheropod classification

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Mickey, Jaime, et al.,
     Okay, I am leaving therizinosaurians as a clade (with Beipiaosaurus as
sister group to the others).  But still splitting them off as a separate
clade before the oviraptorosaur clade.
     Now if I could only decide what the H**L to do with Family
Troodontidae.  Anyway, below is the revised portion of my neotheropod tree
(from which I exclude Eoraptor and herrerasaurids).  The coding shows a
definite "Mortimer" influence, n'est ce pas?
                 ------Cheers, Ken
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 8  Guaibasauridae
 9  Coelophysidae
10  Ceratosauridae
_a_  Abelisauridae (incl. nodosaurs)
11  Spinosauridae (spinosaurs)
 B  Torvosauridae ("megalosaurs")
12  Allosauridae ("carnosaurs")
13  Coeluridae (basal coelurosaurs)
        1  Proceratosaurus
        ?  Deltadromaeus (carnosaur??)
        2  Dryptosaurus
        3  Nedcolbertia
        4  Ornitholestes
        ?  Santanaraptor
        5  {{Tyrannosauridae}}
        6  Compsognathus
        B  Sinosauropteryx
        7  Scipionyx
        8  Coelurus
        9  Nqwebasaurus
       10  {{Ornithomimidae to AVES}}
_a_  Tyrannosauridae (sensu lato)
_1_  Ornithomimidae
2A   Plesion _Beipiaosaurus_
 B   Therizinosauridae
 3   Plesion _Protarcheopteryx_
4A   Caudipteridae (probably paraphyletic)
 B   Caenagnathidae
 C   Oviraptoridae
 5   Plesion _Bagaraatan_
 6   Avimimidae
 ?   Troodontidae (misfits??)
 7   Alvarezsauridae
 8   Dromaeosauridae (deinonychosaurs)
 9   Plesion _Unenlagia_
10   Plesion _Rahonavis_
11   {{AVES/AVEA}}
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