Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 [paraphyletic] - reptiles
             Subclass Diapsida Osborn, 1903 - diapsids see Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
               Infraclass Archosauromorpha Huene, 1946 see Clade Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.
                 Superorder Archosauria Cope, 1869 - archosaurs see Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.
                   †Dinosauria Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
                     Order †Saurischia Seeley, 1887 see Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
                       Suborder †Theropoda Marsh, 1881 see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
                         01 Family †Podokesauridae von Huene, 1914 see Family Coelophysidae Nopcsa, 1928
                         02 Family †Coeluridae Marsh, 1881
                         03 Family †Shanshanosauridae Dong, 1977
                         04 Family †Compsognathidae Cope, 1871
                         05 Family †Ornithomimidae Marsh, 1890
                         06 Family †Deinocheiridae Osmólska & Roniewicz, 1970
                         07 Family †Therezinosauridae see Family Therizinosauridae Maleev, 1954
                         08 Family †Elmisauridae Osmolska, 1981 see Subfamily Elmisaurinae Osmólska, 1981
                         09 Family †Oviraptoridae Barsbold, 1976
                         10 Family †Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
                         11 Family †Saurornithoididae Barsbold, 1974 see Family Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924
                         12 Family †Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843
                         13 Family †Allosauridae Marsh, 1878
                         14 Family †Spinosauridae Stromer, 1915
                         15 Family †Ceratosauridae Marsh, 1884
                         16 Family †Dryptosauridae Marsh, 1890
                         17 Family †Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906