ɹˈiːsənt klædˈɪstɪk ˈænɐlˌaɪzᵻz sədʒˈɛst ðætðə klˈeɪd pɹəsˌɔːɹəpˈoʊdə, wˌɪtʃ wʌz nˈeɪmd baɪ hjˈuːiːn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ænd wʌz dᵻfˈaɪnd baɪ sɛɹˈɛnoʊ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt æz ˈɔːl ˈænɪməlz mˈoːɹ klˈoʊsli ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə plˌeɪɾəsˈɔːɹəs ˈɛndʒɪlhˌɑːɹdti ðɐn tə sˌɔltɐsˈɔːɹəs lˈoːɹɪkˌæɾəs, ɪz ɐ sˈɪnənˌɪm ʌv plˌeɪɾəsˈɔːɹɪdˌiː æz bˈoʊθ kəntˈeɪn ðə sˈeɪm tˈæksə.
Recent cladistic analyses suggest that the clade Prosauropoda, which was named by Huene in 1920 and was defined by Sereno, 1998 as all animals more closely related to Plateosaurus engelhardti than to Saltasaurus loricatus, is a synonym of Plateosauridae as both contain the same taxa.