sauropods
Towering prehistoric vegetarians
Sauropods are the long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs—the largest land animals ever to exist.
The group includes Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, and Apatosaurus (once called Brontosaurus).
They were herbivores that walked on four columnar legs, some reaching lengths over 100 feet.
The museum's sauropod skeleton stretched the length of the gallery.
Most big
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- lengthMeasure of extent
height · size · colossal · titanosaur · biomechanics · scaling · bone strength · blood pressure
Preserved ancient organism traces
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- excavationAct of unearthing
- Morrison FormationMesozoic sedimentary rock sequence
Patagonia · skeleton · bones · trackways · coprolite · nesting sites · eggs · hatchling
Having extended throat region
- quadrupedalWalking on four legs
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- tailRear animal appendage
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
skull · teeth · nostrils · neck · limbs · pelvis · ribs · femur
largest
Most big
length · height · size · colossal · titanosaur · biomechanics · scaling · bone strength · blood pressure · heart
fossils
Preserved ancient organism traces
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- excavationAct of unearthing
Morrison Formation · Patagonia · skeleton · bones · trackways · coprolite · nesting sites · eggs · hatchling · ontogeny
long-necked
Having extended throat region
- quadrupedalWalking on four legs
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- tailRear animal appendage
vertebrae · skull · teeth · nostrils · neck · limbs · pelvis · ribs · femur · small head
herbivory
Plant consumption by animals
ferns · cycads · ginkgo · vegetation · foraging · habitat · herding · migration · nesting · gigantism
Brachiosaurus
Tall sauropod genus
- ArgentinosaurusEnormous prehistoric herbivorous reptile
- dinosaur cladestheropods, hadrosaurs, ankylosaurs, stegosaurs, tyrannosaurs
- Mesozoicdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, pterosaurs
- dinosaursdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, raptors, Spinosaurus
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Cladesmammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects
sauropodstheropods
Carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus rex · Velociraptor · tyrannosaurs · raptors · Spinosaurus