How to Use sauropod in a Sentence

sauropod

noun
  • Patagotitan is one of a group of giant sauropods, or plant eaters.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
  • The team suggests this means sauropods could have been cold-blooded.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • As big as this dinosaur was, sauropods were about to get a lot bigger.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • To reach their record sizes, sauropods underwent record growth.
    — Michael D. D'emic, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But these facts only show us what allowed sauropods to become big.
    — Riley Black, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • These facts only show us what allowed sauropods to become big.
    — Riley Black, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Asia’s largest sauropod dinosaur and one of the biggest sauropods in the world.
    — Ginny Mohler, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
  • At the time they were thought to be from a variety of dinosaurs, like stegosaurs and sauropods.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And while the theropods’ eggs tended to be bright blue and green, the sauropods’ tended to be brown, beige and white.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The names of several large sauropods include the word titan.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • In the mid-Jurassic, sauropods necks grew longer and the first birds were figuring out flight.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Its brain was about the size of a walnut, which is more or less average for sauropods, Sereno says.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
  • These tracks were some of the first evidence that indicated sauropods walked on land.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
  • All sauropods have an efficient, bird-like breathing system that involved air sacks in their bones.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The new species is the second eusauropod -- a group derived from sauropods -- found in Guangxi.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There were meat eaters like the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, and there were giants like sauropods that ate only plants.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Some sauropods, such as Patagotitan, stretched for 37 meters and weighed in at 57 tons.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2023
  • From the shapes in the ground, the researchers conclude that the sauropod came by before the carnivore.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Fueled by plants The rapid growth rates of sauropods was partly due to their body temperatures.
    — Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Its skull, robust and rigid, was possibly adapted to hunt massive sauropods found in its region.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • At this time, northeastern Thailand would have been arid to semi-arid—perfect for sauropods.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
  • Early sauropods, ornithischians, and theropods all tended to stay in these regions.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
  • As for the elephant, its gait was actually the opposite of a sauropod.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The creature, called Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, belonged to a group called sauropods.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The researchers found that sauropod teeth typically show surface wear only about halfway down to the jaw.
    — John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The giant sauropod femur is not the only dinosaur discovery to make headlines this week.
    — Fox News, 27 July 2019
  • Its head and teeth were not among the fossils recovered, but the researchers have a good idea of its feeding preferences based on other sauropods.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Four of them came from the footfalls of some herbivorous sauropod, likely a Cetiosaurus.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The first set was decidedly theropod prints, according to the park's website, but later, more prints would be found, even that of sauropods.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The team believes that the sauropods ate the charcoal to detoxify stomach contents, since ferns can be toxic to herbivores.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024

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