Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Sauropodomorpha

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

Ref: A. Otero et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 590) (Galton & Upchurch, 2004). [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Anchisaurus (Genus) Marsh, 1885		Ref: A. Otero et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 590) (Galton & Upchurch, 2004).
†Melanorosaurus (Genus) Haughton, 1924		Ref: A. Otero et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 590) (Galton & Upchurch, 2004).

Generic clade

†Anchisauria (Clade) Galton & Upchurch 2004

Ref: A. Otero et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 590) (Galton & Upchurch, 2004).

Current position

†Massopoda (Clade) Yates 2007

Ref: A. Otero et al., 2015: 612 (fig. 17).

Alternative positions

†Prosauropoda (Clade) Huene 1920 [Sereno 1998]

Ref: P.M. Galton & P. Upchurch, 2004: 249 (fig. 12.11).

Historical positions

†Massopoda (Clade) Yates 2007	Src: A. Otero et al., 2015: 612 (fig. 17).
†Prosauropoda (Clade) Huene 1920 [Sereno 1998]	Src: P.M. Galton & P. Upchurch, 2004: 250; 249 (fig. 12.11). [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

†15f;221g;138s