Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930
   Amniota Haeckel, 1866 - amniotes
     Eureptilia Olson, 1947
       Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991]
         Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [Laurin 1991] see Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [Laurin 1991] {Reisz, Modesto & Scott 2011}
           Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] {Laurin 1991}
             Archosauria Cope, 1869
               Avesuchia Benton, 1999
                 Avemetatarsalia Benton 1999
                   Ornithodira Gauthier 1986
                     Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985
                       Dinosauriformes Novas 1992
                         Dinosauria Owen 1841
                           Saurischia Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986]
                             Eusaurischia Padian et al., 1999
                               Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval.
                                 Tetanurae Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
                                   Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
                                     Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
                                       Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999 [nom. cl. nov.], nom. cl. inval.
                                         Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                                           Maniraptora Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
                                             Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                               Eumaniraptora Padian, Hutchinson & Holtz 1997 [Padian et al. 1999] see Clade Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                                 Avialae Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
                                                   1 ?†Alvarezsauridae Bonaparte 1991 [Sereno 1999] see Family Alvarezsauridae Bonaparte, 1991
                                                   2.1 Genus †Sapeornis Zhou & Zhang, 2002 [monotypic]
                                                   2.2 Genus †Epidendrosaurus Zhang, Zhou, Xu & Wang, 2002 [monotypic]
                                                   2.3 Genus †Protarchaeopteryx Ji & Ji, 1997 [monotypic]
                                                   2.4 Aves Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier 1986] see Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758