It was first named in 1980 to include the genera Odenwaldia and Quasicyclotosaurus.

[1] In addition to these genera, the family now includes Eocyclotosaurus and Yuanansuchus.

[2] Recent phylogenetic analyses have not found a close relationship between Odenwaldia and other heylerosaurids and place it outside the family.

Heylerosaurids are generally regarded as the sister taxon of the stenotosaurids.

This article related to a Triassic animal is a stub.