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Meaning of sauropodomorph in English:

sauropodomorph

Pronunciation /ˌsɔːrəˈpɒdəmɔːf/

noun

  • Any of various herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Sauropodomorpha, which typically had a long neck and small head.

    The group comprised the gigantic quadrupedal sauropods along with the bipedal prosauropods and other ancestral forms.

adjective

  • Of or relating to the dinosaur suborder Sauropodomorpha; designating a dinosaur of this suborder.

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in Proceedings Linnean Society. From sauropod + -o- + -morph, after scientific Latin Sauropodomorpha, suborder name.