sauropod dinosaur meaning

Noun: sauropod dinosaur

1. Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal
   - sauropod

Derived forms: sauropod dinosaurs

Type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur

Part of: Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda

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1. Titanosaurians were a flourishing group of sauropod dinosaurs during Cretaceous times.
2. The Morrison Formation records an environment and time dominated by gigantic sauropod dinosaurs.
3. In 2008 sauropod dinosaur at a site near Morella.
4. This species possessed the longest cervical rib of any described sauropod dinosaur, measuring.
5. The reasons mammals cannot reach the much larger size of sauropod dinosaurs are unknown.