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]
               †Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843
                 †Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
                   1 Genus †Afrovenator Sereno, Wilson, Larsson, Dutheil & Sues, 1994
                   2 Genus †Magnosaurus Huene, 1932
                   3 Genus †Dubreuillosaurus Allain, 2005
                   4 Genus †Leshansaurus Li, Peng, Ye, Jiang & Huang, 2009
                   5 Genus †Piveteausaurus Taquet & Welles, 1977
                   6 Genus †Poekilopleuron Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1837