Parves
(Passer > Oviraptor) sensu Holtz & Osmolska, 2004

Class Aves
.....Clade Paraves
..........?Family Scansoriopterygidae
...............Epidendrosaurus (E.ningchengensis)
..........Order Archaeopterygiformes
...............Clade Deinonychosauria
....................Family Troodontidae
.........................Jinfengopteryx (J.elegans)
.........................Sinovenator (S.changii)
.........................Sinornithoides (S.youngi)
....................Family Dromaeosauridae
.........................Subfamily Microraptorinae
..............................Sinornithosaurus (S.millenii)
..............................Microraptor (M.gui)
..............................-Cryptovolans (C.pauli)
.........................Subfamily Unenlagiinae
..............................Unenlagia (U.comahuensis)
.........................Subfamily Velociraptorinae
..............................Saurornitholestes (S.langstoni)
..............................Velociraptor (V.mongoliensis)
.........................Subfamily Dromaeosaurinae
..............................Deinonychus (D.antirrhopus)
..............................Achillobator (A.giganticus)
..........Subclass Neornithes (Apteryx mantelli)