The name Sauropoda was coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, and is derived from Ancient Greek, meaning "lizard foot". [14] Sauropods are one of the most recognizable groups of …

Dec 12, 2025 · Sauropod, any member of the dinosaur subgroup Sauropoda, marked by large size, a long neck and tail, a four-legged stance, and a herbivorous diet. These reptiles were …

Apr 15, 2024 · Advanced growth rates were possibly present in the earliest dinosaurs and may have been amplified even further in Sauropoda as part of an evolutionary arms race with …

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The first phylogenetic definition of Sauropoda was produced in 1997 by Salgado and colleagues. They defined the clade as a node-based taxon, containing “the most recent shared ancestor of …

May 27, 2024 · Sauropoda was a massive, long-necked dinosaur that holds the distinction of being the largest land animal to ever walk the planet. This group includes some of the most …

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 …

The Sauropoda include the largest animals ever to walk on land. These gigantic herbivores reaches lengths of 15 to 25 metres or more (the very largest may have reached 45 metres) …

Sauropoda is a clade of dinosaurs that consists of roughly 300 species of large, long-necked herbivores and includes the largest terrestrial animals ever to exist.

Figure 1 — Simplified phylogeny of Sauropodomorpha, including Sauropoda and its ‘prosauropod’ outgroups, plotted through time. Key nodes are labelled. Topology primarily follows Benson et …