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)
Brachiosaurus
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Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 155.6 to 145.5 million years ago. It was first described by American paleontologist Elmer S. R
Sauropoda
…species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land. Well-known genera include Alamosaurus, Apatosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, Dreadnoughtus, and Mamenchisaurus. The oldest known unequivocal sauropod dinosaurs are known from the Early…
Brachiosaurus mount
An expedition member lying by the humerus during the excavation in 1900
Riggs (right) and laboratory assistant working on the holotype bones in 1899. The still-jacketed thighbone can be seen on the left.
Dorsal vertebra of the holotype, Field Museum