 Today however, many considerably more basal sauropods than "Cetiosaurus" are known.Modern exact cladistic research has not resulted in a single clear outcome about the position of "Cetiosaurus oxoniensis" in the sauropod tree.Sometimes a Cetiosauridae was recovered, a clade uniting "Cetiosaurus oxoniensis" with species as the Indian "Barapasaurus", the South American "Patagosaurus" or the African "Chebsaurus".