Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
     Averostra Paul 2002
       †Ceratosauria Marsh 1895 [Rowe & Gauthier 1990]
         †Abelisauroidea Bonaparte & Novas, 1985
           Genus †Masiakasaurus Sampson, Carrano & Forster, 2001
             †Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano & Forster, 2001