Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
Count: [†g] †163g;3s
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
  Count: [†g] †157g;3s
     Averostra Paul 2002
    Count: [†g] †151g;3s
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
      Count: [†g] †135g;3s
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
        Count: [†g] †132g;3s
           †Megalosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Megalosauroidea Fitzinger, 1843
          Count: [†g] †14g
             †Megalosauria Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012]
            Count: [†g] †11g
               †Megalosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002] see Family Megalosauridae Fitzinger, 1843
              Count: [†g] †6g
                 †Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012 see Subfamily Afrovenatorinae Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
                Count: -
                   Genus †Afrovenator Sereno, Wilson, Larsson, Dutheil & Sues, 1994
                  Count: -