Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
Count: -
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
  Count: [†*] †8f;54g;61s
     Averostra Paul 2002
    Count: [†*] †7f;52g;58s
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
      Count: [†*] †7f;48g;54s
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
        Count: [†*] †7f;45g;50s
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
          Count: [†*] †4f;26g;31s
             †Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
            Count: [†*] †4f;22g;27s
               †Metriacanthosauridae Paul, 1988
              Count: [†*] †6g;8s
                 1 Genus †Xuanhanosaurus Dong, 1984, incertae sedis
                Count: [†*] †1s
                 2 Genus †Yangchuanosaurus Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1978
                Count: [†*] †2s
                 3 †Metriacanthosaurinae Paul, 1988
                Count: [†*] †4g;5s