Full reference: P. Upchurch. 1995. The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 349:365-390
Parent taxon: Gravisauria according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2020
See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Salgado et al. 1997, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno et al. 1999, Smith and Pol 2007, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch et al. 2007, Wilson 2002, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Xing et al. 2015 and Yates 2010
Sister taxa: Amygdalodon, Barapasaurus, Cetiosaurus, Spinophorosaurus, Tazoudasaurus, Volkheimeria, Vulcanodontidae
Subtaxa: Algoasaurus Algoasaurus bauri Bagualia Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Cardiodon Cetiosauridae Cetiosauriscus Datousaurus Dystrophaeus Ferganasaurus Haestasaurus Janenschia Jobaria Lapparentosaurus Mamenchisauridae Nebulasaurus Neosauropoda Ornithopsis leedsi Ornithopsis leedsii Perijasaurus Rhoetosaurus Shunosaurus Turiasauria
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore