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]
               †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
                 †Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al. 2010 see Family Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al., 2010
                   Genus †Guanlong Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia & Zhao, 2006