Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1926. On several known and unknown reptiles of the order Saurischia from England and France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17:473-489
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aniksosaurus, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coelurus, Columbosauripus, Compsognathidae, Compsognathus, Defarrariischnium, Halticosauridae, Ignotornis, Juravenator, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Nedcolbertia, Ngexisaurus, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimipus, Plesiothornipus, Richardoestesia, Satapliasaurus, Segisauridae, Shensipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Therizinosauroidea, Tugulusaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Proceratosaurus bradleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore