Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
Count: [†g] †163g;3s
   Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
  Count: [†g] †157g;3s
     Averostra Paul 2002
    Count: [†g] †151g;3s
       Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
      Count: [†g] †135g;3s
         Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
        Count: [†g] †132g;3s
           Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
          Count: [†g] †118g;3s
             Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
            Count: [†g] †107g;3s
               †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1906
              Count: [†g] †21g
                 †Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010
                Count: [†g] †4g
                   †Megaraptoridae Novas et al. 2013 see Family Megaraptoridae Novas et al., 2013
                  Count: -