sauropods

Scientists describe one of the oldest known sauropods from 179 million years ago

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A new species of sauropod – one of the earliest of its clade to ever roam the Earth around 179 million years ago – has been unearthed in Argentina. The ‘gentle giant’, named Bagualia alba, was about the size of a double-decker bus and had a robust skeleton, four sturdy legs and a long neck … Read more

Baby sauropods were born with a single horn and binocular vision that disappeared as they grew older

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Sauropods — large, four-legged, long-necked dinosaurs — were born with a horn and binocular vision that disappeared as they matured, a study has found. Experts took 3D scans of a rare, 80 million-year-old, 1.2 inch wide fossil skull of an unhatched dinosaur that was found preserved inside its egg in Patagonia, Argentina. The team think … Read more