Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
     Averostra Paul 2002
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
             1 †Allosauroidea Currie & Zhao 1993 [Padian & Hutchinson 1997] see Superfamily Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
             2 Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]