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 Currie & Zhao 1993 [Padian & Hutchinson 1997] see Superfamily Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
               †Allosauria Paul 1988 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015]
                 †Carcharodontosauria Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                   †Carcharodontosauridae Stromer 1931 [Sereno 1998] see Family Carcharodontosauridae Stromer, 1931
                     †Carcharodontosaurinae Brusatte & Sereno 2008 see Subfamily Carcharodontosaurinae Stromer, 1931
                     1 Genus †Concavenator Ortega, Escaso & Sanz, 2010
                     2.1 Genus †Acrocanthosaurus Stovall & Langston, 1950
                     2.2.1 Genus †Carcharodontosaurus Stromer, 1931
                     2.2.2.1 Genus †Giganotosaurus Coria & Salgado, 1995
                     2.2.2.2 Genus †Mapusaurus Coria & Currie, 2006