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