†Sauropoda Marsh 1878 [Salgado et al. 1997]
   †Neosauropoda Bonaparte 1986 [Wilson & Sereno 1998]
     †Macronaria Wilson & Sereno 1998
       †Titanosauriformes Salgado, Coria & Calvo 1997
         †Somphospondyli Wilson & Sereno 1998
           †Titanosauria Bonaparte & Coria 1993
             †Lithostrotia Upchurch, Barrett & Dodson 2004
               Genus †Tapuiasaurus Zaher, Pol, Carvalho, Nascimento, Riccomini, Larson, Juarez-Valieri, Pires-Domingues, da Silva & Campos, 2011