Sauropods - Classification

Classification

Classification of the sauropods has largely stabilised in recent years, though there are still some uncertainties, such as the placement of Euhelopus, Haplocanthosaurus, Jobaria and Nemegtosauridae. The following are two alternative recent classifications (showing supra-generic clades only in the second example). These are by no means an exhaustive list of recent sauropod classification schemes. In some cases, families like Vulcanodontidae, Cetiosauridae and Omeisauridae are not included because they are considered paraphyletic, or even (in the case of Camarasauridae) polyphyletic.

Cladogram after an analysis presented by Apaldetti and colleagues in 2011.