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 †Lourinhanosaurus Mateus, 1998
               2.1 Genus †Proceratosaurus Huene, 1926
               2.2.1 Genus †Ornitholestes Osborn, 1903
               2.2.2 Genus †Compsognathus Wagner, 1859