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]
               †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
                 †Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                   1 Genus †Fukuiraptor Azuma & Currie, 2000
                   2 †Megaraptoridae Novas et al. 2013 see Family Megaraptoridae Novas et al., 2013
                   2.1 Genus †Australovenator Hocknull, White, Tischler, Cook, Calleja, Sloan & Elliott, 2009
                   2.2 Genus †Aerosteon Sereno, Martínez, Wilson, Varricchio, Alcober & Larsson, 2008
                   2.3 Genus †Megaraptor Novas, 1998