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
               †Metriacanthosauridae Carrano et al. 2012 [Padian & Hutchinson 1997] see Family Metriacanthosauridae Paul, 1988
                 1 Genus †Yangchuanosaurus Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1978
                 2 †Metriacanthosaurinae Paul 1988 [Carrano et al. 2012] see Subfamily Metriacanthosaurinae Paul, 1988
                 2.1 Genus †Metriacanthosaurus Walker, 1964
                 2.2 Genus †Sinraptor Currie & Zhao, 1993