巨殁龍幾乎與腔骨龍完全一樣。葛瑞格利·保羅(Gregory S. Paul)於1993年曾建議將巨殁龍與腔骨龍合併。在2005年,亞當·耶茨(Adam Yates)提出巨殁龍可能是腔骨龍的異名[1]。於2004年,Michael A. Raath在兩份論文中質疑巨殁龍是腔骨龍的異名的說法,他同時也使用原有的學名。
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