Massopoda

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Plateosauria. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2024.

Massopods Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mounted skeleton of Lufengosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Plateosauria
Clade:	†Massopoda Yates, 2007
Subgroups[4]
†Chuxiongosaurus †Ignavusaurus[1] †Kholumolumo[2] †Sarahsaurus[1] †Tuebingosaurus †Riojasauridae †Massospondylidae †Sauropodiformes †Antetonitrus †Isanosaurus[3] †Jingshanosaurus? †Qianlong †Schleitheimia[3] †Seitaad? †Xingxiulong †Yunnanosaurus? †Anchisauria

Massopoda is a

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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