在1920年,弗雷德里克·馮·休尼(Friedrich von Huene)建立原蜥腳下目(Prosauropoda)。在1998年,保羅·塞里諾提出演化支定義,原蜥腳下目包含:親緣關係接近於恩氏板龍,而離護甲薩爾塔龍較遠的所有物種[3]。近年某些研究提出原蜥腳下目、板龍科的範圍相同,較晚被命名的原蜥腳下目,應是板龍科的異名[2][4]。
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