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Any of the sauropod dinosaurs
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sauropoda
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Sauropoda ( or ), or the sauropods (; sauro- + -pod , "lizard-footed"), are an infraorder of saurischian ("lizard-hipped") dinosaurs . They had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs. ...
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Sauropoda \Sau*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lizard + -poda.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging ...
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The Sauropoda, on the other hand, constitute a dinosaur group which proved to be a great success not only due to their differentiation, but also due to their long persistence during Mesozoic time.