Sauropoda

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Sauropoda - any of the sauropod dinosaurs

animal order - the order of animals

Sauropodomorpha, suborder Sauropodomorpha - gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)

sauropod, 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

genus Apatosaurus, genus Brontosaurus - large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic

genus Barosaurus - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur; late Jurassic

genus Diplodocus - a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda

family Titanosauridae, Titanosauridae - herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous

References in periodicals archive ?

Vitakri Dome in Pakistan is a richest graveyard ofTitanosauria (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) in Asia.

Geoheritage and paleobioheritage of Pakistan; Museums, national and global geoparks-a media for researcher and public education

In the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal), Sauropoda is a wellrepresented group recorded from the Upper Jurassic to the uppermost Cretaceous (Sauvage, 1897-98; Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957; Dantas, 1990; Antunes and Mateus, 2003).

Systematic review of late Jurassic Sauropods from the Museu Geologico Collections (Lisboa, Portugal)

Until now, remains of sauropoda - one of the most diverse and geographically widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs - had been recovered from all continental landmasses, except Antarctica.

Remains of plant-eating dinosaur unearthed in Antarctica

Until now, remains of sauropoda -- one of the most diverse and geographically widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs -- had been recovered from all continental landmasses, except Antarctica.

Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in Antarctica

Although generic level identification is impossible, due to the specimens' fragmentary nature, the faunal list includes crocodyliforms (Crocodylomorpha indet.), dinosaurs (Sauropoda, Theropoda indet., Abelisauroidea), other vertebrates (Vertebrata indet.) and possible molluscs (Gastropoda indet.).

Communication regarding the geology and vertebrate palaeontology of the Adamantina formation (Bauru group, upper Cretaceous) in Campina Verde, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

New Balochisaurus (Balochisauridae Titanosauria Sauropoda) and Vitakridrinda (Theropoda) remains from Pakistan.

Chamalang coal resources and their depositional environments Balochistan Pakistan

On a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) vertebral column from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil.

Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis paleontological site: toward a better understanding

In addition to Delapparentia, the dinosaur record from the Camarillas Formation in Galve is composed of the basal ornithopod Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae (Ruiz-Omenaca et al., 2012), represented by an isolated skeleton, as well as other taxa represented by isolated remains identified as Stegosauria indet., Ornithopoda indet., Iguanodontoidea indet., Sauropoda indet., Euhelopodidae indet., Allosauroidea?

New material and phylogenetic position of the basal iguanodont dinosaur Delapparentia turolensis from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Spain

(2011): Bone histology of the titanosaur Lirainosaurus astibiae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Latest Cretaceous of Spain.

Presence of diminutive hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) in the Maastrichtian of the south-central Pyrenees (Spain)

(2010): A partial titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) skeleton from the Maastrichtian of Nala(-Vad, Ha(eg, Basin, Romania.