Sauropodomorph facts for kids
Quick facts for kids SauropodomorphaTemporal range: Upper Triassic – Upper Cretaceous
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Sauropodomorpha
von Huene, 1932
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Sauropodomorpha is the suborder of dinosaurs with massive, quadrupedal herbivores with extremely long necks and tails.
Sauropodomorpha are divided into prosauropods and sauropods. Among the sauropods were the largest land animals ever known: Seismosaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus (popularly known as Brontosaurus), and others.
Description
Only the modern blue whale is larger than these creatures; no land animal comes close. Argentinosaurus, with a vertebra over 1.59 metres long, is the largest.
Images for kids
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Skull of Nigersaurus taqueti and head posture in sauropodomorphs
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Restoration of Panphagia, one of the most basal sauropodomorphs known.
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Plateosaurus is a well-known prosauropod.
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Skull comparison of several sauropodomorphs
See also
In Spanish: Sauropodomorpha para niños
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