Sauropod dinosaurs made tracks on the Isle of Skye 170 million years ago. Scientists are now studying the area where the tracks were found to learn more about the giant dinosaurs.

The new species of sauropod has been named Lingwulong shenqi ('amazing dragon from Lingwu'), and is thought to be the earliest diplodocoid discovered to date. This group of dinosaurs includes some of ...

A new study has calculated for the first time the number of different sauropod lineages that achieved whopping proportions - 36 of them in a span of about 100 million years bridging the Jurassic ...

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters. However, until recently, no ...

During a dig in 1990, a team of paleontologists uncovered the fossilized remains of a sauropod. At first glance, they didn’t notice anything unusual, and the bones were packed up, wrapped for ...

Bones of Lingwulong, a sauropod dinosaur, were spotted by a man herding sheep in northwestern China Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 24, 2018 8:32 AM PDT | Last Updated: July 25, 2018 ...

Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees, says an Australian evolutionary biologist. Dr Roger Seymour of the ...

It appears numerous sauropod species lived alongside one another, suggesting they occupied different roles in the food web, the scientists said. “The specimen here reported strongly suggests the ...

Those who scavenged off the carcasses of sauropod carrion were twice as likely to have reproductive success. Getting into more detail, the researchers theorized that the carnivores waited until a ...

Materials (for each student) — Scissors — Tape/Glue — Sauropod Cutout — Lab Instructions Procedure — Refer to sections 1 and 2 of your Paleontology Field Journal. Using the fossil and modern animal ...

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters. However, until recently, no ...