Sauropoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sauropoda (pronounced /sɔːˈrɒpədə/ ), or the sauropods (), are an infraorder or clade of saurischian ("lizard-hipped") dinosaurs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some spec...
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Sauropods - Sauropods (meaning 'Lizard-Footed') were an infraorder of large, four-legged, herbivorous dinosaurs.. ... Why Were Sauropod Necks So Long?; No one knows why these plant eaters had such long necks. The Sauropod with the longest neck was Mamenchisaurus, whose neck was about 46 feet (14 m) long, over half of the...
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/S...
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Sauropods are a subgroup of the saurischian, or "lizard-hipped," dinosaurs. This group of quadrupedal (four-legged), herbivorous animals had a relatively simple body plan which varied only slightly throughout the group. ... Find out more about the sauropod diet ... The Sauropod Dinosaurs...
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/sauropoda.htm...
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Sauropod communities in the Upper Jurassic of North America include four or five sauropods that co-existed, all feeding on the various plants of the time. The most common of these animals were Diplodocus and Camarasaurus.
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/sauropoddiet....
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The sauropods were the true giants of the dinosaur family; some of them may have attained lengths of 100 feet and weights of 100 tons. Here's a brief overview of what makes a sauropod a sauropod, as well as an alphabetical list of genuses ranging from Apatosaurus to Vulcanodon. ... Sauropod Evolution...
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dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/sauropods.htm
dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/sauropods.htm
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Great news! I just got off the phone with someone at the Discovery Channel. He asked not to be named, but he has responsibility for Clash of the Dinosaurs and the authority to do what he promised, which is to fix the “second brain” segment exactly as I asked in ... SV-POW! … All sauropod vertebrae, all the time!
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Matt Wedel of Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week relates an unfortunate story of his involvement in a dinosaur documentary project. ...
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Once, the sauropod answer seemed simple: people thought that these enormous animals stretched their long necks to nibble on tall trees. Sometimes, we supposed, they even stood on their hind legs to feed, steadying their bulky bodies with massive tails.
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www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs/sauropod/
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs/sauropod/
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Sauropod Nesting Site Found in Argentina. Site Contains Numerous Nests and Rare Sauropod Embryos. ... Thousands of sauropod eggs have been found in Argentina, in a rock unit called a mudstone which appears to have been deposited on a floodplain roughly 70 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period.
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faculty.plattsburgh.edu/thomas.wolosz/sauropod.htm
faculty.plattsburgh.edu/thomas.wolosz/sauropod.htm
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[sôŕə-pŏd́]
