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
                 1 Genus †Eustreptospondylus Walker, 1964
                 2.1 †Megalosaurinae Fitzinger, 1843
                 2.2 †Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012