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Sauropodomorpha

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Sauropodomorphs
Temporal range: Late TriassicLate Cretaceous, 231.4–66 Ma
Moontit skelet o Plateosaurus engelhardti at Eberhard-Karls-Varsity
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Clade: Eusaurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Huene, 1932
Subgroups[2]

Sauropodomorpha (/sɔːˌrɒpdəˈmɔːrfə/ saw-ROP-ə-də-MOR-fə; frae Greek, meanin "lizard-fitit forms") is an extinct clade o lang-necked, yerbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods an thair auncestral relatives.

References

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  1. Cecilia Apaldetti, Ricardo N. Martinez, Oscar A. Alcober and Diego Pol (2011). Claessens, Leon (ed.). "A New Basal Sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), Northwestern Argentina". PLoS ONE. 6 (11): e26964. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026964. PMC 3212523. PMID 22096511.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
  2. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.