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sauropod dinosaur

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Noun1.sauropod dinosaur - 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
saurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda - any of the sauropod dinosaurs
apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
barosaur, barosaurus - a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall
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The biggest find to date was made in 2005 when Octavio Mateus from the New Lisbon University, also part of the PaleoAngola project, retrieved five bones from the front left leg of a sauropod dinosaur on the coast at Iembe.
End of civil war opens up Angolan 'Jurassic Park' by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Byline: ANI Sydney, April 1 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.
Long-necked dinos needed far too much energy to browse tall trees by Asian News International
Sauropod dinosaurs, the group of herbivores that included the largest land animals that ever lived, are renowned for their incredibly long necks.
Newfound dinosaur wasn't sticking its neck out by Science News
 
 
 
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