Baby Dinosaur Named Andrew Reveals How Sauropods Grew So Big Eating Plants

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By Claire Cleveland
Oct 11, 2018 4:30 PMMay 21, 2019 5:49 PM
andrew sauropod dinosaur
Paleontologists have discovered clues to the evolution of the biggest animals to ever walk on land by studying one of the tiniest members of the group ever found. (Credit: Andrey Atuchin)

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(Inside Science) — Sauropods were the largest animals that ever lived on land. These plant-eating dinosaurs could reach 120 feet in length, and yet their heads were small enough that you could hold its skull in your arms. Despite a robust overall fossil record, until now scientists had only about 12 sauropod skulls from which to build an understanding of how these creatures lived.

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