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
           †Megalosauroidea Fitzinger, 1843
             †Megalosauria Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012]
               [†Megalosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002]] see Family Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843
                 2 [†Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012] see Subfamily Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
                 3 [†Megalosaurinae Paul 1988 [Carrano et al. 2012]] see Subfamily Megalosaurinae Fitzinger, 1843