Sauropod Dinosaurs Name Institution Date Sauropod is Greek word which means ‘footed like a lizard’. Sauropods were a large species of dinosaurs that were herbivorous in their mode of feeding. They had very unique characteristics that could easily differentiate them from other dinosaurs. Sauropods are known to be the biggest dinosaurs that have ever existed (Klein, 2011). These types of dinosaurs are among the most fascinating creatures that have ever lived. Their extinction was a great
The term was proposed as a formal zoologic name in 1842 by the British anatomist Sir Richard Owen, in reference to large fossil bones unearthed in southern England. The various kinds of dinosaurs are classified in two formal categories, the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, within the subclass Archosauria. The first recorded dinosaur remains found consisted of a few teeth and bones. They were discovered in 1882 in Sussex, England, by an English doctor, Gideon Mantell, who named them iguanodon. About
as Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, and of course Tyrannosaurus Rex. A tremendous skeleton of Rex now stands guard in the Valley Life Sciences Building in Washington. Tyrannosaurs belong to the Saurischia, or "reptile-hipped" dinosaurs. Within the Saurischia, tyrannosaurs belong to the group of carnivorous dinosaurs known as theropods. Traditionally, the tyrannosaurs have been included within the Carnosauria. In this classification scheme, carnosaurs represent the largest
tails. But this creature took it up a notch: Saltasaurus’ hide, surprised paleontologists found that it was chock full of thick, bony knobs. Its rank is Genus, and its higher classification was Saltasauridae. The saltasaurus was a member of the Saurischia (lizard-hipped) order of dinosaurs, which means although it was not closely related to lizards, it did have similar shaped pelvic bones. The saltasaurus weighed about 8 tons and measured about 39 feet (12 meters)