Sauropodomorph
Sauropodomorpha is the suborder of dinosaurs with massive, quadrupedal herbivores with extremely long necks and tails.
| Sauropodomorph Temporal range: Upper Triassic – Upper Cretaceous
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| Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha von Huene, 1932
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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.[1]
- See Sauropod for the full account.
Taxonomy
- Suborder Sauropodomorpha
- Panphagia
- Saturnalia?
- Thecodontosaurus
- Infraorder Prosauropoda
- Family Massospondylidae
- Family Plateosauridae
- Family Riojasauridae
- Infraorder Sauropoda
- Family Vulcanodontidae
- Family Omeisauridae
- Division Neosauropoda
- Family Cetiosauridae
- Family Diplodocidae
- Subdivision Macronaria
- Family Camarasauridae
- Infradivision Titanosauriformes
- Family Brachiosauridae
- Cohort Somphospondyli
- Family Euhelopodidae
- Family Titanosauridae
Sauropodomorph Media
Skull of Nigersaurus taqueti and head posture in sauropodomorphs
Restoration of Panphagia, one of the most basal sauropodomorphs known.
Plateosaurus is a well-known prosauropod.
Skull comparison of several sauropodomorphs
References
- ↑ Bonaparte J. & Coria R. 1993. Un nuevo y gigantesco sauropodo titanosaurio de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquen, Argentina. Ameghiniana 30 (3): 271–282.