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]
               †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
                 †Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 [Sereno 1998] see Family Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906
                   1 Genus †Albertosaurus Osborn, 1905
                   2 †Tyrannosaurinae Matthew & Brown 1922 [Sereno 1998] see Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae Osborn, 1906
                   2.1.1 Genus †Alioramus Kurzanov, 1976
                   2.1.2 Genus †Qianzhousaurus Lü, Yi, Brusatte, Yang L., Li Hua, & Chen L., 2014
                   2.2.1 Genus †Daspletosaurus Russell, 1970
                   2.2.2.1 Genus †Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905
                   2.2.2.2 Genus †Tarbosaurus Maleev, 1955