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
                     Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                       †Dromaeosauridae Ostrom 1969 [Sereno 1998] see Family Dromaeosauridae Matthew & Brown, 1922
                         †Eudromaeosauria Longrich & Currie 2009 [Turner et al. 2012]
                           †Velociraptorinae Barsbold 1978 see Subfamily Velociraptorinae Barsbold, 1983
                             1 Genus †Bambiraptor Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom, 2000
                             2.1 Genus †Tsaagan Norell, J. Clark, Turner, Makovicky, Barsbold & Rowe, 2006
                             2.2.1 Genus †Balaur Csiki, Vremir, Brusatte & Norell, 2010
                             2.2.2 Genus †Saurornitholestes Sues, 1978
                             2.2.3 Genus †Deinonychus Ostrom, 1969
                             2.2.4 Genus †Velociraptor Osborn, 1924