sentences:  The first cladistic analysis found that this genus formed a clade with the basal theropods "Dilophosaurus" and "Zupaysaurus".The skull of the type specimen, exhibits a mosaic of both ancestral and derived theropod characteristics.The following cladogram, based on the phylogenetic analysis conducted by Smith, Makovicky, Pol, Hammer, and Currie in 2007, outlines the relationships of "Dracovenator" and its close relatives