pro·saur·o·pod

(prō′sôr′ə-pŏd′)

Any of various saurischian dinosaurs of the group Prosauropoda of the Triassic and Jurassic Periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, serrated teeth, and large thumb claw, and including plateosaurus.

[New Latin Prōsauropoda, group name : Greek pro-, before; see pro-² + New Latin Sauropoda, group name; see sauropod.]

pro′saur′o·pod′ adj.

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prosauropod

(prəʊˈsɔːrəˌpɒd)

(Palaeontology) a herbivorous dinosaur of the Triassic and early Jurassic periods

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References in periodicals archive

Locality f has produced several associated sets of skeletal remains of sauropodomorph ('prosauropod') dinosaurs.

Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental Tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada

1904 DISCOVERY * Anchisauripus (Anchisaurus foot) was first described by Richard Swann Lull in 1904 as the probable track of the prosauropod dinosaur Anchisaurus (near reptile).

WALKING WITH THE DINOSAURS; 'Footprint' harks back to Triassic

The 190-million-year-old nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus reveals significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behaviour in early dinosaurs.

Oldest known dinosaur nursery found in South Africa

However, other therizinosauroids have unusual skulls with leaf-shaped teeth, similar in many ways to those of "prosauropod" herbivores.

The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic in Asia/ La evolucion de los grandes dinosaurios teropodos durante el Mesozoico de Asia

The preservation of the embryos was so detailed that the team was able to identify the egg-layer with confidence: the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus.

Dinosaur eggs & babies: remarkable fossils from South Africa

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