noun
- an extinct long-necked herbivorous dinosaur that was a precursor to the sauropods, living during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods
Usage: paleontology
Examples
- The prosauropod fossils were discovered in rock formations dating back 200 million years.
- Plateosaurus was one of the largest prosauropods of the Late Triassic period.
- Scientists believe prosauropods were the evolutionary ancestors of the giant sauropod dinosaurs.
- The prosauropod’s long neck allowed it to reach vegetation that other dinosaurs couldn’t access.
- Museum visitors can see a complete prosauropod skeleton in the dinosaur exhibit.
- Prosauropods walked on both two and four legs, unlike their later sauropod relatives.