sauropod
Giant herbivorous dinosaur
Sauropods were enormous herbivorous dinosaurs with distinctive body plans: long necks, small heads, massive bodies, and long tails.
The group includes the largest land animals ever to exist—Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus (once called Brontosaurus).
The sauropod's neck allowed it to reach vegetation other dinosaurs couldn't access.
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Pangaea · Gondwana · conifers · cycads · ferns · extinction · archosaur · reptile
Slender beer bottle
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- cervicalOf the neck
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- quadrupedalWalking on four legs
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- digUnearth by shoveling
strata · fossilization · petrification · mineralization · sediment · coprolite · trackways · footprints
Extremely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- titanicEnormously strong or large
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- gargantuanExtremely immense in scope
immense · towering · gigantic · long-necked · heavy · tonnage · largest · heavyweight
Feeding on pasture
- browsingCasual examination of options
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- treetopUppermost branches
canopy · plant-eater · fermentation · herd · gregarious · nesting · eggs
Jurassic
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
prehistoric · Pangaea · Gondwana · conifers · cycads · ferns · extinction · archosaur · reptile · dinosaur
longneck
Slender beer bottle
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
dig · strata · fossilization · petrification · mineralization · sediment · coprolite · trackways · footprints · quarry
colossal
Extremely large in scale
gargantuan · immense · towering · gigantic · long-necked · heavy · tonnage · largest · heavyweight · record-breaking
grazing
Feeding on pasture
- browsingCasual examination of options
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
treetop · canopy · plant-eater · fermentation · herd · gregarious · nesting · eggs
Brachiosaurus
Tall sauropod genus
- ArgentinosaurusEnormous prehistoric herbivorous reptile
- dinosaursdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, raptors, Spinosaurus
- giant animalsAfrican elephant, Asian elephant, elephant, blue whale, humpback whale
- megafaunaelephant, mammoth, woolly mammoth, mastodon, rhinoceros
- Prehistoric Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Prehistoric Reptilesdinosaur, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus
sauropodtheropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
Tyrannosaurus rex · Velociraptor · Spinosaurus · carnivore · carnosaur