Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
Count: [†g] †163g;3s
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
  Count: [†g] †157g;3s
     Averostra Paul 2002
    Count: [†g] †151g;3s
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
      Count: [†g] †135g;3s
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
        Count: [†g] †132g;3s
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
          Count: [†g] †118g;3s
             †Allosauroidea Currie & Zhao 1993 [Padian & Hutchinson 1997] see Superfamily Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
            Count: [†g] †11g
               †Metriacanthosauridae Carrano et al. 2012 [Padian & Hutchinson 1997] see Family Metriacanthosauridae Paul, 1988
              Count: [†g] †3g
                 Genus †Yangchuanosaurus Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1978
                Count: -