Yates assigned the Massopoda to
Plateosauria. Within the clade, he assigned the families Massospondylidae (which includes the relatively well-known dinosaur Massospondylus) and
Riojasauridae (which includes Riojasaurus) as well as the Sauropoda.[6]
The following is a
cladogram from an analysis presented by Oliver W. M. Rauhut and colleagues in 2020:[3]
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doi:
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