sauropod
noun
sau·ro·pod
ˈsȯr-ə-ˌpäd 
: any of a suborder (Sauropoda) of quadrupedal herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (such as an apatosaurus) of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a long neck and tail, small head, and 5-toed limbs on which they tended to walk in a digitigrade fashion
sauropod
adjective
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The outcrops contained fossilized footprints of theropod, sauropod, and Iguanodontia dinosaurs, all alive during the Early Cretaceous Period.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
The dinosaur tracks belong to theropods, sauropods, and iguanodontians, and are spread across three rock outcroppings in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
To reach their record sizes, sauropods underwent record growth.
—Michael D. D'emic, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
Fueled by plants The rapid growth rates of sauropods was partly due to their body temperatures.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
Its brain was about the size of a walnut, which is more or less average for sauropods, Sereno says.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
Its huge arm swung back and forth, as stately as the neck of a sauropod.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Its skull, robust and rigid, was possibly adapted to hunt massive sauropods found in its region.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The finding emphasizes that there were probably various evolutionary routes in different habitats for giant size to evolve, and that supersized sauropods perpetually reinvented how to live large.
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—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
The dinosaur tracks belong to theropods, sauropods, and iguanodontians, and are spread across three rock outcroppings in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
To reach their record sizes, sauropods underwent record growth.
—Michael D. D'emic, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
Fueled by plants The rapid growth rates of sauropods was partly due to their body temperatures.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
Its brain was about the size of a walnut, which is more or less average for sauropods, Sereno says.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
Its huge arm swung back and forth, as stately as the neck of a sauropod.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Its skull, robust and rigid, was possibly adapted to hunt massive sauropods found in its region.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The finding emphasizes that there were probably various evolutionary routes in different habitats for giant size to evolve, and that supersized sauropods perpetually reinvented how to live large.
5.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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