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Sauropods
Sauroposeidon

Camarasaurus

Many well-preserved This giraffelike
Camarasaurus fossils dinosaur carried
have been discovered its small head
in North America. high for feeding
in the treetops.

The forelimb bones
were very strong, helping
to support the body’s
considerable weight.

The huge stomach This dinosaur had unusually
could hold a lot of leaves. big thigh muscles that would
have given it a powerful kick,
possibly for defense.

Apatosaurus

Barapasaurus

Barapasaurus was about
59 ft (18 m) long and roamed
the open woodlands of India.

The hand bones were
arranged vertically to form
a weight-bearing column.

With their bus-sized bodies and elongated 200 million years ago and were similar to
necks and tails, sauropods were the biggest Barapasaurus. Unlike their prosauropod
dinosaurs ever to roam the Earth. These ancestors, they used their arms to support their
giants were plant-eaters; they would have bodies, and their hands became weight-bearing
browsed continually to fuel their enormous feet. Despite this, many could probably rear up
64 bodies. The earliest ones appeared about on their hind legs to feed in the treetops. Others,

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