Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986]
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
     Averostra Paul 2002 [Paul 2002]
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012 [Carrano et al. 2012]
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
               †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
                 Genus †Yutyrannus Xu, Wang, Zhang, Ma, Xing, Sullivan, Hu, Cheng & Wang, 2012