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]
                                       1 †Compsognathidae Cope, 1871
                                       2.1 Genus †Nedcolbertia Kirkland, Britt, Whittle, Madsen & Burge, 1998, incertae sedis
                                       2.2 Genus †Scipionyx Dal Sasso & Signore, 1998, incertae sedis
                                       2.3.1.1 Genus †Proceratosaurus Huene, 1926, incertae sedis
                                       2.3.1.2 Genus †Ornitholestes Osborn, 1903, incertae sedis
                                       2.3.1.3 Genus †Nqwebasaurus de Klerk, Forster, Sampson, Chinsamy & Ross, 2000, incertae sedis
                                       2.3.2 Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999 [nom. cl. nov.], nom. cl. inval.
                                       3 Genus †Archaeornithoides Elzanowski & Wellnhofer, 1992, incertae sedis
                                       4 Genus †Deltadromeus Sereno, Duthiel, Iarochene, Larsson, Lyon, Magwene, Sidor, Varricchio & Wilson, 1996, incertae sedis
                                       5 Genus †Kakuru Molnar & Pledge, 1980, incertae sedis
                                       6 Genus †Ricardoestesia Currie, Rigby & Sloan, 1990, incertae sedis
                                       7 Genus †Tugulusaurus Dong, 1973, incertae sedis