sauropod
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sau·ro·pod
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Definition of sauropod
: any of a suborder (Sauropoda) of quadrupedal herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (such as a apatosaurus) of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a long neck and tail, small head, and 5-toed limbs on which they tended to walk in a digitigrade fashion
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The giant sauropod femur is not the only dinosaur discovery to make headlines this week. — Fox News, "Massive 1,100-pound bone of ‘world’s biggest dinosaur’ found," 27 July 2019 Since then, scientists have succeeded in rebuilding over half a sauropod, according to Le Parisien, along with other bone, fossil and vertebrate discoveries. — Leah Asmelash And Brian Ries, CNN, "New bone, who dis? Paleontologists say this femur belongs to one of the biggest dinosaurs of all time," 26 July 2019 Fossils of the sauropod were found in South Africa, near the country's border with Lesotho on what was then the super continent Panagea, in the 1980s. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "Amazing giant dinosaur discovery: New dino species identified," 28 Sep. 2018 Neosauropods are a subgroup of sauropods—all members of these groups had traits like thick, column-like legs, lengthy necks, small heads, and grew to massive sizes. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "New 'Amazing Dragon' Dinosaur Upends What We Thought We Knew About Sauropods," 26 July 2018 But where's the love for Giraffatitan, the giraffe-like African sauropod, or Glacialisaurus, the beefy beast whose bones were discovered in an Antarctic glacier? — Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, "Move over, T-Rex: Field Museum shows off the diversity of dinos from outside America," 30 May 2018 Ashok Sahni, Panjab University The first dinosaur fossils found in Asia, belonging to a kind of sauropod, were unearthed in 1828 in Jabalpur, in central India's Narmada Valley. — Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, "India’s paleontologists fight destruction of its fossil riches," 4 Apr. 2018 Finding the giant fossilized prints was also a win because scientists were able to identify two kinds of dinosaurs based on the tracks — sauropods and therapods. — Alix Langone, Time, "These 170-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Were Uncovered in Scotland," 3 Apr. 2018 There were meat eaters like the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, and there were giants like sauropods that ate only plants. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Farts: which animals do, which don’t, and why," 3 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sauropod.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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