Dinosauria Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
   Saurischia Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
     Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
       Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
         †Ceratosauria Marsh 1895 [Rowe & Gauthier 1990]
           †Coelophysoidea Holtz 1994 [Sereno 1998] see Superfamily Coelophysoidea Nopcsa, 1928
             †Coelophysidae Paul 1988 [Sereno 1998] see Family Coelophysidae Nopcsa, 1928
               1 †Coelophysinae Nopcsa 1928
               2 †Procompsognathinae Nopcsa 1923