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
Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
†Troodontidae Gilmore 1924 [Varricchio 1997]
see Family Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924
†Jinfengopteryginae Turner et al. 2012
1 Genus †Jinfengopteryx Ji Q., Ji S., Lü, You, Chen W., Liu Y.Q. & Liu Y.X., 2005
2.1.1 Genus †Mei Xu & Norell, 2004
2.1.2 Genus †Sinovenator Xu, Norell, Wang, Makovicky & Wu, 2002
2.2.1 Genus †Byronosaurus Norell, Makovicky & Clark, 2000
2.2.2.1 Genus †Sinornithoides Russell & Dong, 1993
2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Gobivenator Tsuihiji, Barsbold, Watabe, Tsogtbaatar K., Tsogtbaatar C., Fujiyama & Suzuki, 2014
2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Troodon Leidy, 1856, nom. dub.
2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Saurornithoides Osborn, 1924
2.2.2.2.2.2.2 Genus †Zanabazar Norell, Makovicky, Bever, Balanoff, Clark, Barsbold & Rowe, 2009