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 Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Megalosauroidea Fitzinger, 1843
             1 †Piatnitzkysauridae Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012 see Family Piatnitzkysauridae Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
             1.0 [†Piatnitskysauridae Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015, nom. null.] see Clade Piatnitzkysauridae Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
             2 †Megalosauria Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012]