| Cetiosauridae | |
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| Restoration ofCetiosaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| Family: | †Cetiosauridae Lydekker, 1888 |
| Subgroups[1] | |
Cetiosauridae is afamily ofsauropoddinosaurs which was first proposed byRichard Lydekker in 1888.[2] While traditionally awastebasket taxon containing various unrelated species, some recent studies have found that it may represent a naturalclade.[1] AlongsideCetiosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Britain, other taxa recently assigned to the family includeLapparentosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar,[3] andPatagosaurus from the late Early-Middle Jurassic of Patagonia,[4] which shareautapomorphies withCetiosaurus that are not shared by othereusauropods. Additionally, at least one study has suggested that themamenchisaurids may represent a sub-group of the cetiosaurids, which would be termedMamenchisaurinae.[1]
Cladogram of Sauropoda after Holwerda et al 2021, showing the position of Cetiosauridae:[4]
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