What group should this theropod belong to?

So, a watcher of mine on DeviantArt made this creature though I was wondering what theropod group does it even belong to? My brain says “Dromaeosaurid” due to the sickle claws, though I see some Eotyrannus-type Tyrannosauroid, and due to the thin skull I think Troodontid , as we do have a troodontid called the “Geminiraptor”, and also can we just say “Troodontidae” should be “Stenonychosauridae”, but nonetheless I see a chimera of theropod groups , though I could plausibly see it a relative to Ornitholestes


This guy, as the 2 both have sickle claws, and you could make the very bold assumption that it’s a juvenile Ornitholestes just like how Nanotyrannus is to T. rex maybe an “Ornitholestidae” that contains these 2 genera, with Ornitholestes the namesake? Heck let’s put Fukuivenator in this family! Thus making the Fukuivenatorinae subfamily which contains it and Greenotaraptor, sigh ok I might be a little bit too crazy on a speculative raptor, IT’S A JUVENILE ORNITHOLESTES!!!

land creatures , duh

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