After Benton, 1990, Molnar, Kurzanov, & Dong, 1990, Sereno et al., 1996, Kazlev, 2001–, and Sereno & Brusatte, 2008
<==o †Carnosauria [Allosauria Marsh, 1877b sensu Paul, 1988] (carnosaurs; karnosaurit) |-- †Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson, 1994 |-- †Monolophosaurus jiangi Zhao & Currie, 1995 `--o †Allosauroidea Marsh, 1877b (allossaurs; allosaurit) |?- †Labocania anomola Molnar, 1974 |?-o †Erectopus Huene, 1921 | |-- †E. superbus Huene, 1932 [Megalosaurus superbus Sauvage, 1882] | `-- †E. sauvagei (Huene, 1932) |?- †Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus, 1998 |--o †Sinraptoridae Currie & Zhao, 1993 | |-- †Leshansaurus qianweiensis Li, Peng, Ye, Jiang & Huang, 2009; L.Jur. EAs. | |--o †Sinraptor Currie & Zhao, 1993 | | |-- †S. dongi Currie & Zhao, 1993 | | `-- †S. hepingensis (Gao, 1992) [Yangchuanosaurus hepingensis Gao, 1992] | |--o †Szechuanosaurus Young, 1942b | | |-- †S. campi Young, 1942b [Szechuanosaurus yandonensis Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1987; Chiekosaurus ceratosauroides Young, 1942b [in partim]] | | `-- †S. zigongensis | `--o †Yangchuanosaurus Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1978 | |-- †Y. magnus Dong, Zhou & Zhang, 1983 | `-- †Y. shangyouensis Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou, 1978 `--+--o †Allosauridae Marsh, 1877b | |?- †Valdoraptor oweni (Lydekker, 1889) sensu Olshevsky, 1991 [Aristosuchus oweni??] | |?- †Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall & Langston, 1950 sensu Novas et al., 2005 | `--+-- †Saurophaganax maximus (Ray, 1941) Chure, 1995 [Saurophagus maximus Ray, 1941; Allosaurus amplexus (Cope, 1878b); Epanterias amplexus Cope, 1878b; Allosaurus maximus (Ray, 1941) Smith, 1998] | `--o †Allosaurus Marsh, 1877b [taxonomic history] (allosaurit, puukkohammasliskot) | |?- ?†A. sp. [Australia, so called “Polar allosaur”] | |?- †A. tendagurensis Janensch, 1925 (afrikanallosaurus) | |?- †A. europaeus Mateus, Walen & Antunes, 2006 [A. fragilis Peréz-Moreno et al., 1999; A. sp. Antunes & Mateus, 2003] (iberianallosaurus) | |-- †A. fragilis Marsh, 1877b (siroamerikanallosaurus, puukkohammaslisko) | `-- †A. atrox (Marsh, 1878a) sensu Paul, 1988 (leijona-allosaurus, isoamerikanallosaurus) `--o †Carcharodontosauria Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2009 |--o †Neovenatoridae Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2009 | |-- †Neovenator salerii Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996 | `--+--o †Chiliantaisaurus Hu, 1964 | | |?- †C. sibiricus (Riabinin, 1914) Molnar, Kurzanov & Dong, 1990 [Allosaurus sibiricus Riabinin 1914] | | `-- †C. tashuikouensis Hu, 1964 | `--o †Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2009 | |?- †Orkoraptor burkei Novas, Ezcurra & Lecuona, 2008 | |--+-- †Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al., 2009 | | `-- †Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis Azuma & Currie, 2000 | `--+-- †Aerosteon riocoloradensis Sereno et al., 2009 | `-- †Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas, 1998 `--o †Carcharodontosauridae Stromer, 1931 sensu Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2009 and Ortega, Escaso & Sanz, 2010 (carcharodontosaurids; carcharodontosaurit, hainhammassaurit) |-- †Eocarcharia dinops Sereno & Brusatte, 2008; L.Cret. NAf. `--+-- †Concavenator corcovatus Ortega, Escaso & Sanz, 2010; E.Cret. SWEu. `--+-- †Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall & Langston, 1950 sensu Currie & Carpenter, 2000 `--+-- †Saochilong maortuensis (Hu, 1964) Brusatte., Benson, Chure, Xu, Sullivan & Hone, 2009 [Chiliantaisaurus maortuensis Hu, 1964] `--+-- †Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas, de Valais, Vickers-Rich & Rich, 2005 `--+-- †Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Deperet & Savornin, 1927) sensu Stromer, 1931 [Megalosaurus saharicus Deperet & Savornin, 1927, Megalosaurus africanus Huene, 1956] `--o †Giganotosaurinae Coria & Currie, 2006 |-- †Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria & Salgado, 1995 `-- †Mapusaurus roseae Coria & Currie, 2006
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