Definition of "sauropod" [sauropod]

• Any of various large semiaquatic saurischian dinosaurs of the suborder Sauropoda, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. (noun)
• Of or relating to the suborder Sauropoda. (adjective)

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• "The evolution of manus shape in sauropod dinosaurs: implications for functional morphology, forelimb orientation, and phylogeny."
• "Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma."
• "Adaptive radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: bone histology indicates rapid evolution of giant body size through acceleration."