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]
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
               1 Genus †Bicentenaria Novas, Ezcurra, Agnolín, Pol & Ortíz, 2012
               2.1 Genus †Zuolong Choiniere, Clark, Forster & Xu, 2010
               2.2.1 †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
               2.2.2.1 Genus †Aorun Choiniere, Clark, Forster, Norell, Eberth, Erickson, Chu & Xu, 2013
               2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Scipionyx Dal Sasso & Signore, 1998
               2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Ornitholestes Osborn, 1903
               2.2.2.2.2.2.1 †Compsognathidae Cope 1871 [Holtz et al. 2004] see Family Compsognathidae Cope, 1871
               2.2.2.2.2.2.2 Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
               3 †Coeluridae Marsh 1881 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015], incertae sedis see Family Coeluridae Marsh, 1881