Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
     1 †Coelophysoidea Holtz 1994 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Coelophysoidea Nopcsa, 1928
     2 Averostra Paul 2002