… This principle may not necessarily apply in sauropod taxa that had a more vertically inclined
neck, but for taxa that had to support their heads on 15–20 m long horizontal necks, the …

… The iconic body plan of sauropods is dominated by their very long neck, in some species …
neck was mostly held horizontally or at a low angle. The massive but relatively short trunk was …

… Sauropods are familiar dinosaurs, immediately recognisable by their great size and long
necks… It is not just that we do not have large populations of well-preserved sauropod individuals, …

… sauropods with longer forelimbs but no wedged sacrum (eg Kotasaurus); (3) medium-high
browsing in non-neosauropod eusauropods, with longer necks … sauropods, with short necks, …

… have increased our knowledge on the early evolutionary history of sauropodomorph dinosaurs.
… Conversely, the initial evolution of the elongated neck is poorly known. It is one of the …

… other Middle–Late Jurassic East Asian sauropods have the potential to provide novel … neck
elongation. At the time of its discovery, M. sinocanadorum was hailed as the largest sauropod …

… reptiles, dinosaurs and … for neck elongation in the giraffe is as an adaptation for browsing
high in the tree canopy [12]. Similarly, the long necks of the giant terrestrial sauropod dinosaurs …

… The functional morphology of sauropod dinosaur long necks has been studied extensively,
with virtual approaches yielding results that are difficult to obtain with actual fossils, due to …

… recovered in articulation with the anterior region of the neck … sauropod dinosaurs. The
temporal difference between Bajadasaurus and Amargasaurus, a 15 My younger spiny sauropod …

… sauropod dinosaurs had the longest necks of any terrestrial animals. But it is not widely recognised
that the lengths of their necks … These long necks were key among the evolutionary …