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
†Scansoriopterygidae Czerkas & Yuan 2002 [Zhang et al. 2008], incertae sedis
see Family Scansoriopterygidae Czerkas & Yuan, 2002
Genus †Epidendrosaurus Zhang, Zhou, Xu & Wang, 2002
†Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis nom. null.
see Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis Zhang, Zhou, Xu & Wang, 2002