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]
             †Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
               †Allosauria Paul 1988 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015]
                 †Carcharodontosauria Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                   †Carcharodontosauridae Stromer, 1931 - carcharodontosaurs
                     Genus †Shaochilong Brusatte, Benson, Chure, Xu, Sullivan & Hone, 2009
                       1 †Shaochilong maortuensis Brusatte, Benson, Chure, Xu, Sullivan & Hone, 2009