Category:Sauropoda

Sau*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. -poda.] (paleon.)

Defn: an extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a Saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It Includes the largest known land animals, belonging to brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and alied genera. See illustration in appendix.