奧塞內爾·查利斯·馬什
The family Anchisauridae was first proposed by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1885 and later defined as a clade consisting of "Anchisaurus" and its nearest relatives. However, it is not clear which other genera are included in the family; many of the dinosaurs once included have since been moved elsewhere, and the group is not used in most current taxonomies.