sauropod meaning

Noun: sauropod  'soru`pód

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 dinosaur

Derived forms: sauropods

Type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur

Part of: Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda

Encyclopedia: Sauropod

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1. the animal would have been a primitive sauropod-- a long-necked, four-legged grazer similar to the better known brachiosaurs
2. The two animals studied are in a group known as Sauropods.
3. Most of the fossils are sauropods from 120 million years ago.
4. Titanosaurian sauropods were also potential prey for predators in the Nemegt.
5. The neck vertebrae were distinctly pleurocoels ) as in later sauropods.