All about sauropods The Hindu Science Quiz
Sauropod skeleton. Image for representational purposes only
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The Geological Survey of India has found fossil bone fragments of dinosaurs called sauropods in Meghalaya. What does a sauropod literally mean?
- Lizard-footed
- Long-necked
- Long-tailed
- Tiny-eyed
The finding makes Meghalaya the fifth Indian State after Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to report sauropod bones having titanosaurian affinity.
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Sauropods are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land. Why did they evolve to become the long-necked giants they were?
- To gulp down their food without chewing
- To fight enemies
- To take moisture easily from air
- To maximise saving food in sack-like structures in their neck
Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads relative to the rest of their body, and four thick, pillar-like legs.
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Sauropods belong to one of the two groups of dinosaurs called Saurischia. Name the other group.
- Ornithischia
- Titanosauria
- Triceratoptia
- Plateosauria
The Dinosauria contains two major groups of dinosaurs: the Ornithischia, or "bird-hipped" dinosaurs, and the Saurischia, or "lizard-hipped" dinosaurs.
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What are Brachiosaurs?
- The heaviest and tallest sauropod found
- The smallest sauropod found
- Not a sauropod at all
- Began as a sauropod but branched out millions of years later
Brachiosaurs were the heaviest and tallest sauropod dinosaurs for which complete skeletons exist.
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Sauropods first evolved in the...
- Early Jurassic Epoch
- Early Triassic Epoch
- Early Cretaceous Epoch
- Early Cenozoic Epoch
Sauropods first evolved in the Early Jurassic Epoch. They became gigantic and highly diverse in the Late Jurassic Epoch and persisted into the Cretaceous Period.
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