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]
               Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                 Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                   Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                     †Oviraptorosauria Barsbold 1976 [Barsbold 1997] see Order Oviraptorosauria Barsbold, 1976
                       †Caenagnathoidea Sereno 1999 see Superfamily Caenagnathoidea Sternberg, 1940
                         †Caenagnathidae Sternberg 1940 [Sues 1997] see Family Caenagnathidae Sternberg, 1940
                           †Elmisaurinae Currie 2000 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015] see Subfamily Elmisaurinae Osmólska, 1981