Prosauropod

Word PROSAUROPOD
Character 11
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Pronunciations /pɹoʊˈsɔɹɵpɑd/

Definitions and meanings of "Prosauropod"

What do we mean by prosauropod?

Any of various saurischian dinosaurs of the group Prosauropoda of the Triassic and Jurassic Periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, serrated teeth, and large thumb claw, and including plateosaurus. noun

Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very large thumb claw for defense. noun

Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very large thumb claw for defense.

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The word "prosauropod" in example sentences

I've been wanting to make an entry about two more new dinosaurs, the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, and the "prosauropod" Seitaad ruessi from the Early Jurassic of Utah. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

-- Seitaad is a sauropodomorph, often called a "prosauropod" or "sauropod precursor," and was most likely an herbivore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And there's been more from the latest Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, papers on the "rauisuchian" archosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis; the ontogeny of Stegosaurus; ontogenetic and taxonomic implications of pattern and transition of surficial bone texture of the centrosaurine frill; and Adeopapposaurus, a new prosauropod dinosaur from Argentina. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

It's great, but I thought this was a "sauropod gallery", not a "sauropod AND prosauropod gallery". ❋ Davidmaas (2009)

It's basically your standard early prosauropod, but from the numbers of specimens found, it must have been a particularly successful species. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A Canadian-led team of international researchers has unearthed the 190-million-year-old nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus - predating previously known nesting grounds by 100 million years - at an excavation site in South Africa. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Seitaad, preliminary phylogenetic analyses were performed using two of the most exhaustive datasets published to date representing each of the proposed prosauropod topologies ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Melanorosaurus, a Late Triassic prosauropod dinosaur from South Africa. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Gauffre FX (1993) The most recent Melanorosauridae (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Lower Jurassic of Lesotho with remarks on the prosauropod phylogeny. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Cooper MR (1981) The prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Galton PM (1971) The prosauropod dinosaur Ammosaurus, the crocodile Protosuchus, and their bearing on the age of the Navajo Sandstone of Northeastern Arizona. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Science, Nature, National Geographic, and Newsweek. phalanges and claw of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus won this year's Lanzendorf Prize for scientific illustration. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[64] represents one of the most exhaustive published to date in support of prosauropod paraphyly with respect to Sauropoda. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

[71] represents one of the most comprehensive and complete datasets with results in support of prosauropod monophyly, though the recent modifications to this analysis by Yates et al. [72] ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

a (Huene) n. gen., a prosauropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of Germany. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

Fig. 12B) recovered a Seitaad as part of a poorly resolved prosauropod clade in contrast to the recent results of Yates et al. [72]. ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

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