noun
- large, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs that walked on four legs
Usage: paleontology
Examples
- Sauropods were among the largest land animals that ever lived.
- The museum’s dinosaur exhibit featured several sauropod skeletons.
- Brontosaurus and Diplodocus are well-known examples of sauropods.
- Scientists study sauropod fossils to understand how these massive creatures moved.
- Sauropods had extremely long necks that helped them reach tall vegetation.
- The sauropods dominated many ecosystems during the Jurassic period.