sauropod

noun

sau·ro·pod ˈsȯr-ə-ˌpäd

: any of a suborder (Sauropoda) of quadrupedal herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (such as an 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

sauropod adjective

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For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal. —

Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 The team believes that the sauropods ate the charcoal to detoxify stomach contents, since ferns can be toxic to herbivores. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024 Many sauropods there belonged to the Lirainosaurinae group, which evolved in Europe around 20 million years earlier. —

Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024 Most of the fossilized prints were created by three-toed theropod dinosaurs, while a few likely belonged to lumbering four-legged sauropods with long necks and tails or ornithischians, which had pelvic structures similar to birds. —

Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sauropod