Sauropoda

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Sauropods
Temporal range:
Late TriassicLate Cretaceous, 210–66 Ma
Moontit skelet o Apatosaurus louisae, Carnegie Museum
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Anchisauria
Clade: Sauropoda
Marsh, 1878
Subgroups[1]
Synonyms

†Opisthocoelia Owen, 1860
†Cetiosauria Seeley, 1870

Sauropoda /sɔːˈrɒpdə/, or the sauropods /ˈsɔːrəpɒd/ (sauro- + -pod, "lizard-fitit"), are an infraorder o saurischian ("lizard-hipped") dinosaurs.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012). Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages (PDF). Random House.