Dinosauria Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
   Saurischia Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
     Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
       Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
         Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
           Neotetanurae Sereno et al. 1994 see Clade Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
               Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                 Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                   Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                     †Deinonychosauria Colbert & Russell 1969 [Padian 1997] see Cohort Deinonychosauria Colbert & Russell, 1969
                       †Dromaeosauridae Ostrom 1969 [Sereno 1998] see Family Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
                         †Dromaeosaurinae Matthew & Brown 1922 [Sereno 1998] see Subfamily Dromaeosaurinae Matthew & Brown, 1922
                           1 Genus †Dromaeosaurus Matthew & Brown, 1922