Reptilia - Saurischia - Thecodontosauridae
Parent taxon: Sauropodomorpha according to M. J. Benton et al. 2000
See also Arldt 1909, Benedetto 1973, Benton 1979, Bonaparte 1971, Charig 1967, Colbert 1964, Colbert 1970, Cooper 1981, Das-Gupta 1930, Ellenberger et al. 1970, Galton 1973, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hay 1930, Heerden 1979, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Huene 1929, Huene 1948, Huene 1959, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1893, Nopcsa 1923, Nopcsa 1928, Parsch 1963, Reig 1970, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, von Zittel 1911 and Young 1942
Sister taxa: Ahvaytum, Arcusaurus, Asylosaurus, Bagualosauria, Brontosauria, Buriolestes, Efraasia, Eoraptor, Eosauropus, Euskelosaurus, Guaibasauridae, Huayracursor, Kholumolumo, Lavinipes, Liujianpus, Massopoda, Mbiresaurus, Melanorosauria, Nambalia, Navahopodidae, Pachysuchus, Pantydraco, Pentasauropodia, Plateosauridae, Qianlong, Saturnaliidae, Thecodontosaurus, Thotobolosaurus, Unaysauridae
Subtaxa: Pseudotrisauropus Trichristolopus
Type: Thecodontosaurus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
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