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]
             †Allosauroidea Marsh, 1878
               †Allosauria Paul 1988 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015]
                 †Carcharodontosauria Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                   †Neovenatoridae Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2010
                     1 Genus †Neovenator Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996
                     2.1 Genus †Chilantaisaurus Hu, 1964
                     2.2 †Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010