Wilson & Upchurch (2009)根據支序分析將盤足龍歸類於盤足龍科(Euhelopodidae),定義為一群起源於侏儸紀東亞地理隔絕情況下產生的特有種演化支。不確定盤足龍科是否為單系群[1]。傳統上常將盤足龍、峨嵋龍、馬門溪龍、蜀龍歸類於單系群盤足龍科的理論已不被近年的系統發生學研究所支持[10]。盤足龍具有類似於泰坦巨龍類的演化特徵,但比泰坦巨龍類原始,可能位於多孔椎龍類中的基礎位置。現在對盤足龍科的定義為:巨龍形類中,離盤足龍較近,而離內烏肯龍較遠的所有物種。[11]
以下的演化樹根據José L. Carballido, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Diego Pol and Leonardo Salgado (2011)呈現盤足龍在大鼻龍類的大約位置:[10]
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^ 10.010.1José L. Carballido; Oliver W. M. Rauhut; Diego Pol & Leonardo Salgado. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 163 (2): 605–662. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00723.x.