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
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
               Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                 Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                   Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                     †Oviraptorosauria Barsbold 1976 [Barsbold 1997] see Order Oviraptorosauria Barsbold, 1976
                       †Caudipteridae Zhou & Wang 2000 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015] see Family Caudipteridae Zhou & Wang, 2000, nom. illeg.
                         Genus †Similicaudipteryx He, Wang & Zhou, 2008