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{{Taxobox
| name = '''Massospondylidae'''
| fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]] - [[Early Jurassic]]
| image = Image:Lufengosaurus sketch2.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = An example of Massospondylidae, ''[[Lufengosaurus]]''.
| class = [[Reptilia]]
| superorder = [[Dinosauria]]
| order = [[Saurischia]]
| suborder = [[Sauropodomorpha]]
| infraorder = [[Prosauropoda]]
| family = '''Massospondylidae'''
|genera = *''[[Adeopapposaurus]]''
*''[[Coloradisaurus]]''
*''[[Glacialisaurus]]''
*''[[Jingshanosaurus]]''
*''[[Lufengosaurus]]''
*''[[Massospondylus]]''
*''[[Yunnanosaurus]]''
}}
'''Massospondylidae''' is a [[dinosaur]] family of the [[Infraorder]] [[Prosauropoda]]. The Massospondylidae were part of the [[suborder]] [[Sauropodomorpha]], which were long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. Massospondylidae may include  ''[[Adeopapposaurus]]'', ''[[Coloradisaurus]]'', ''[[Glacialisaurus]]'', ''[[Lufengosaurus]]'', ''[[Massospondylus]]'', ''[[Yunnanosaurus]]'', and ''[[Jingshanosaurus]]''; recent [[phylogeny|phylogenetic]] analyses have found a core of ''Coloradisaurus'', ''Lufengosaurus'' and ''Massospondylus'',<ref name="Yates">{{Citation| first =Adam M.| last =Yates| author-link =| editor-last =Barrett| editor-first =Paul M.| editor2-last =Batten| editor2-first =David J.| contribution =The first complete skull of the Triassic dinosaur ''Melanorosaurus'' Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria)| contribution-url =| title =Special Papers in Palaeontology| volume = 77| year =2007| pages =9–55| place =| publisher =The Palaeontological Assoc.| url =| doi =| id =| isbn = 9781405169332| location =London}}</ref> potentially with ''Glacialisaurus''<ref name=SP07>{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Nathan D. |coauthors=and Pol, Diego |year=2007 |title=Anatomy of a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=657–674 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/acta52/app52-657.pdf |format=pdf }}</ref> and ''Adeopapposaurus''.<ref name=RNM09>{{cite journal |last=Martínez |first=Ricardo N. |year=2009 |title=''Adeopapposaurus mognai'', gen. et sp. nov (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal sauropodomorpha |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=142–164 |doi=10.1671/039.029.0102}}</ref>
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   |label2=&nbsp;[[Massopoda]]&nbsp;
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      |label1=[[Riojasauridae]]&nbsp;
      |1={{clade
         |1=''[[Riojasaurus]]''
         |2=''[[Eucnemesaurus]]''
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      |2={{clade
	 |label1=&nbsp;Massospondylidae&nbsp;
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	       |1=''[[Massospondylus]]''&nbsp;
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               |2={{clade
		  |1=''[[Coloradisaurus]]''&nbsp;
		  |2=''[[Lufengosaurus]]''&nbsp;
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         |2={{clade
            |1=''[[Jingshanosaurus]]''
            |2=[[Anchisauria]]
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<center><small>Basal sauropodomorph phylogeny simplified after Yates, 2007.<ref name="Yates"/> In this review, the Massospondylidae  consist of ''Massospondylus'', ''Lufengosaurus'' and ''Coloradisaurus''.</small></center>
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==See also==
*[[Prosauropoda]]
*[[Sauropodomorph]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Jul/msg00103.html Family Tree]

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[[Category:Prosauropods]]