Sauropodomorpha

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Noun1.Sauropodomorpha - gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)
suborder Sauropodomorpha
animal order - the order of animals
order Saurischia, Saurischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
Prosauropoda, suborder Prosauropoda - the earliest known dinosaurs
Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda - any of the sauropod dinosaurs
suborder Theropoda, Theropoda - carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
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The lizard-hipped dinosaurs were further classified into the group that eventually became birds (Theropoda) and the long necked dinosaurs (Sauropodomorpha).
Rewriting The Dinosaur Tree
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