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
                 1 †Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al. 2010 see Family Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al., 2010
                 2.1.1 Genus †Aviatyrannis Rauhut, 2003
                 2.1.2 Genus †Stokesosaurus Madsen, 1974
                 2.2.1 Genus †Dilong Xu X., Norell, Kuang, Wang X.L., Zhao Q. & Jia C., 2004
                 2.2.2.1 Genus †Yutyrannus Xu, Wang, Zhang, Ma, Xing, Sullivan, Hu, Cheng & Wang, 2012
                 2.2.2.2.1 †Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                 2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Xiongguanlong Li, Norell, Gao, Smith & Makovicky, 2009
                 2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Raptorex Sereno, Tan, Brusatte, Kriegstein, Zhao & Cloward, 2009
                 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Genus †Bistahieversor Carr & Williamson, 2010
                 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2 †Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 [Sereno 1998] see Family Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906