With necks as long as 11 m (36 ft) and bodies the size of buses, sauropods were the most distinctive dinosaurs to roam throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods,200 to 65 million years ago. These giant vegetarians were able to browse leaves high up in trees and their huge size deterred predators.
How to:survive as a Jurassic plant-eater
Dinosaur skulls are made up of delicate bones Which d not often fosslize.Scientisis did not find a
skull of e ost famous saturop,Anatosuas(or Brontosaurus as it was known then) until a hundred
years after the first skeletons had been found.
O1 Grow thick skin like Barosaurus- it will help protect you from predators.
02 You will need a long, muscular, whip-like tail for balance and protection.
03 large,elephants-like feet will help support your heavy body
04 Your intestinal system needs to be extensive enough to digest large amounts of low-qualty leaves. Swallow stones to help mash up the food inside the stomach.
05 05 Use your long neck and lightweight head to browse very high parts of trees for food.
Super sauropods
- Camarasaurus 18 m (59 ft)Probably fed by swinging its strong neck stiffly sideways and down to strip tough leaves from shrubby trees
- Brachiosaurus 30 m (98 ft)Long, spoon-shaped teeth capable of pulling twigs and needles from the highest conifer trees
- Paralititan 27 m (89 ft)Its neck accounted for
one-third of its entire body length;estimated to have
weighed 80 tonnes.
- Saltasaurus 27 m (89 ft)Like many of the later sauropods, Saltasaurus had thick, armour-like
skin along its back.
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The sauropod Diplodocus used a long whip-like tail for defence.When thrashed, the tip of the tail could break the sound barrier,producing a thunderous crack
to signal to other dinosaurs.