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Figure 2: Trackways of a sauropod and a carnivorous theropod at Glen Rose, Texas.Courtesy, Library Services Department, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; photograph, R.T. Bird (Neg. N

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- In dinosaur: Sauropoda
characteristics
- In saurischian
food and feeding
- In dinosaur: The plant eaters
Jurassic Period fauna
- In Jurassic Period: Vertebrates

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: CellPress - Current Biology - Sauropods.	Grace Young	Jul 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Sauropoda.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 29, 2022
	Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - The Biggest Dinosaurs Ever!	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 22, 2017
	Add new Web site: SUNY Orange - Online Biology Library - Sauropods.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 22, 2017
	Text that mentions Dreadnoughtus as the largest terrestrial animal that ever lived added.	John P. Rafferty	May 06, 2015
	Updated boundary years for geologic time periods.	John P. Rafferty	May 06, 2015
	Illustration of Dreadnoughtus added.	John P. Rafferty	May 06, 2015
	Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - The Sauropod Dinosaur.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 29, 2013
	Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Sauropod.	Grace Young	Sep 16, 2008
	Revised to reflect updated geologic time scale.	Richard Pallardy	Aug 11, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 27, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998