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]
Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
†Oviraptorosauria Barsbold 1976 [Barsbold 1997]
see Order Oviraptorosauria Barsbold, 1976
†Caudipteridae Zhou & Wang 2000 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015]
see Family Caudipteridae Zhou & Wang, 2000, nom. illeg.
Genus †Caudipteryx Ji, Currie, Norell & Ji, 1998