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]
                       †Dromaeosauridae Ostrom 1969 [Sereno 1998] see Family Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
                         1 Genus †Mahakala Turner, Pol, J.A. Clarke, Erickson & Norell, 2007
                         2.1 †Unenlagiinae Bonaparte 1999 [Makovicky et al. 2005] see Subfamily Unenlagiinae Bonaparte, 1999
                         2.2.1 †Microraptorinae Senter et al. 2004 [Sereno 2005] see Subfamily Microraptorinae Senter et al., 2004
                         2.2.2 †Eudromaeosauria Longrich & Currie 2009 [Turner et al. 2012]