Sauropoda
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Sauropoda, whose members are called sauropods, is a clade of saurischian dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads, and four thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the e
Reconstruction of Ampelosaurus
Stylized cervical vertebra of a sauropod illustrating terminology
Some sauropods, such as Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, formed herds segregated by age.
Cast of Toni, a juvenile Brachiosaurus (restored as a diplodocid)
Eusauropoda
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Eusauropoda is a derived clade of sauropod dinosaurs. Eusauropods represent the node-based group that includes all descendant sauropods starting with the basal eusauropods of Shunosaurus, and possibly
Sauropoda
…though it is not clear if the most primitive sauropods, such as Vulcanodon and Barapasaurus, had such forefeet). The front feet were so modified in eusauropods that individual digits would not have been visible in life. The arrangement of the forefoot bone (metacarpal) columns in eusauropods was semi-circular…
Jobaria head
Turiasaurus 1
Pelorosaurus 2
Sauroposeidon proteles