 It was determined that "Austroraptor" was a close relative of the unenlagiine dromaeosaur "Buitreraptor", with which it shares certain derived characteristics of the neck vertebrae.The following cladogram is based on the phylogenetic analysis conducted by Turner, Makovicky and Norell in 2012, showing the relationships of "Austroraptor" among the other genera assigned to the taxon Unenlagiinae