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]
               1 Genus †Streptospondylus Meyer, 1832, incertae sedis
               2 †Spinosauridae Stromer, 1915
               2.0 [†Spinosauridae Stromer 1915 [Sereno 1998]] see Family Spinosauridae Stromer, 1915
               3 †Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843
               3.0 [†Megalosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002]] see Family Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843