After Bonaparte, Brea, Schultz & Martinelli, 2006, and Smith, Makovicky, Hammer & Currie, 2007
<==o Theropoda Marsh, 1881b (theropods; predatory dinosaurs; petojalat, petodinosaurit) |?- †Guaibasaurus candelariensis Bonaparte, Ferigolo & Ribeiro, 1999 [Guaibasauridae Bonaparte, Ferigolo & Ribeiro, 1999] [recently treated as a basal sauropodomorph] |-- †Eodromaeus murphi Martinez et al., 2011; M.Trias. SWSAm. `--+-- †Daemonosaurus chauliodus Sues, Nesbitt, Berman & Henrici, 2011; L.Trias. SWNAm. `--+-- †Tawa hallae Nesbitt et al., 2009; L.Trias. SWNAm. `--o Avepoda Paul, 2002 (avepods = theropods with avian feet) `--o Neotheropoda [paraphyletic Ceratosauria Marsh, 1884a] (neotheropods) |?- †Protoavis texensis Chatterjee, 1991 [nomen dubium, chimera] |--o †Coelophysoidea Nopcsa, 1928 (non Welles, 1984) sensu Holtz, 1994 [?Podokesauroidea] | |?- †Saltopus elginensis Huene, 1910 | |?- †Gojirasaurus quayi Carpenter, 1997 | |?- †Procompsognathus triassicus Huene, 1921 [Procompsognathidae Huene, 1929] | |-- †Liliensternus liliensterni (Huene, 1934a) [Halticosaurus liliensterni Huene, 1934a] | `--o †Coelophysidae Nopcsa, 1928 (non Welles, 1984) [Podokesauridae; Segisauridae Camp, 1939] | |-- †Segisaurus halli Camp, 1936 [Segisauridae Camp, 1939] | `--o Coelophysis Cope, 1889c sensu Paul, 1988 | |-- †“Syntarsus” kayentakatae Rowe, 1989 [Syntarsus kayentakatae Rowe, 1989; Coelophysis kayentakatae (Rowe) Paul, 1988; Megapnosaurus kayentakatae (Rowe) Ivie, Slipinski & Wegrzynowicz, 2001; “Syntarsus” kayentakatae Rowe; Bristowe & Raath, 2004] | `--+-- †Lepidus praecisio Nesbitt & Ezcurra, 2015; L.Trias. WNAm. | |-- †Coelophysis bauri Cope, 1889c [taxonomic history] | `--+-- †Coelophysis rhodesiensis (Raath, 1969) Bristowe & Raath, 2004 [taxonomic history] | `-- †Camposaurus arizonensis Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan & Lockley, 1998 `--+-- †Zupaysaurus rougieri Arcucci & Coria 2003 `--+--o †Halticosaurinae Huene, 1948 | |-- †“Dilophosaurus” sinensis Hu, 1993 [a tetanurine theropod sensu Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012] | `--+-- †Dracovenator regenti Yates, 2005 | `--+-- †Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Welles, 1954) [Megalosaurus wetherilli Welles, 1954] | `?- †Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson, 1994 [a tetanurine theropod sensu Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012] `--o Averostra Paul, 2002 |-- †Neoceratosauria Novas, 1989 [Ceratosauria Marsh, 1884a sensu stricto] (neoceratosaurs; uuskeratosaurit) `-- Tetanurae Gauthier, 1986 [incl. Aves Linnaeus, 1758] (advanced predatory dinosaurs; uuspetodinosaurit)
Theropoda incertae sedis:
†Embasaurus minax Riabinin, 1931; E.Cret. CAs. [nomen dubium, Theropoda indet. sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†Wakinosaurus satoi Okazaki, 1992; E.Cret. EAs. [Theropoda indet. sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†Zanclodon cambrensis Newton, 1899; L.Trias. WEu. [Theropoda indet. or Archosauria indet. sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†Megalosaurus chubutensis del Corro, 1974; L.Cret. SSAm. [possibly Abelisaurid sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†Megalosaurus cloacinus Quenstedt, 1858; L.Trias. CEu. [Theropoda indet. sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†Megalosaurus hungaricus Nopcsa, 1902; L.Cret. CEu. [Theropoda indet., possibly dromaeosaurid or tyrannosauroid sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
†megalosaurus insignis Eudes-Deslongchamps & Lennier, in Lennier, 1870 [Archosauria indet., possibly teleosaurid vertebra sensu Carrano et al., 2012]
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