prosauropod

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈsɔɹɵpɑd/

Noun

prosauropod (plural prosauropods)

1. Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very large thumb claw for defense.
   • 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 87:

     The longest trackway (23m) consists of 60cm long, four-toed footprints with one meter long strides in between and can probably be assigned to a prosauropod.