Sauropodomorpha
Extinct clade of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sauropodomorpha (/ˌsɔːrəˌpɒdəˈmɔːrfə/[2] SOR-ə-POD-ə-MOR-fə; from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives. Sauropods generally grew to very large sizes, had long necks and tails, were quadrupedal, and became the largest animals to ever walk the Earth. The prosauropods, which preceded the sauropods, were smaller and were often able to walk on two legs. The sauropodomorphs were the dominant terrestrial herbivores throughout much of the Mesozoic Era, from their origins in the Late Triassic (approximately 230 Ma) until their decline and extinction at the end of the Cretaceous.
Sauropodomorphs | |
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Montage of nine different representatives of sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Clockwise from upper left: Eoraptor lunensis, Plateosaurus engelhardti, Brontosaurus excelsus, Europasaurus holgeri, Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis, Nigersaurus taqueti, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Diplodocus carnegii, Brachiosaurus altithorax. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Eusaurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha Huene, 1932 |
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