Invalid subtaxa: Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lydekker 1895 [nomen dubium], Cetiosauriscus leedsi Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium], Cetiosaurus leedsi Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium], Ornithopsis leedsi Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium], Pelorosaurus leedsi Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium]
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: Sauropoda according to S. Suteethorn et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Agustiniidae, Amygdalodon, Antetonitrus, Archaeodontosaurus, Atlantosauridae, Blikanasaurus, Bothriospondylidae, Bothrosauropodidae, Bothrosauropodoidea, Brontopodidae, Brontopodus, Brontosauridae, Camarasauroidea, Camelotia, Cardiodontidae, Chinshakiangosaurus, Chubutisauridae, Chuxiongosaurus, Deuterosauropodopus, Dystrophaeus, Faveoloolithidae, Gongxianosaurus, Gravisauria, Haplocanthosauridae, Homalosauropodidae, Homalosauropodoidea, Isanosaurus, Jingshanosaurus, Kotasaurus, Lamplughsaura, Mamenchisauroidea, Melanorosaurus, Microsaurops, Ohmdenosaurus, Oplosaurus, Ornithopsidae, Parabrontopodidae, Parabrontopodus, Pleurocoelidae, Polyonyx, Ravatichnus, Rotundichnus, Spinophorosaurus, Tapinosaurus, Tendaguriidae, Vulcanodon, Algoasaurus bauri, Morinosaurus priscus
Subtaxa: Atlasaurus, Barapasaurus, Camarasaurus, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Ferganasaurus, Hudiesaurus, Jobaria, Klamelisaurus, Lapparentosaurus, Losillasaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Neosauropoda, Omeisauridae, Omeisaurus, Patagosaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tendaguria, Turiasauria, Volkheimeria
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore