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
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
            Count: [†g] †107g;3s
               Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
              Count: [†g] †77g;3s
                 Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                Count: [†g] †66g;3s
                   Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                  Count: [†g] †54g;3s
                     Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                    Count: [†g] †33g
                       Avialae Gauthier 1986
                      Count: [†g] †4g
                         Genus †Archaeopteryx Meyer, 1861
                        Count: -