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]
               †Compsognathidae Cope 1871 [Holtz et al. 2004] see Family Compsognathidae Cope, 1871
                 1 Genus †Sinosauropteryx Ji & Ji, 1996
                 2.1 Genus †Compsognathus Wagner, 1859
                 2.2.1 Genus †Huxiagnathus nom. null. see Genus Huaxiagnathus Hwang, Norell, Ji & Gao, 2004
                 2.2.2 Genus †Juravenator Göhlich & Chiappe, 2006