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megasauropod en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- (“large”) + sauropod.

Meanings

1. (rare) Any exceptionally large sauropod dinosaur.
   • In this video, we'll talk about the biggest of the big, the titans of the titans, the megasauropods. 2026 March 13, Vividen: Paleontology Evolved, 0:27 from the start, in Every Known Megasauropod | Earth’s Real Life Kaiju, via YouTube:
   • Certainly the portrayal of Morrison megalosaurids as specialized megasauropod killers is falsified by the shed teeth at Como. 2004, Philip J. Currie, Eva B. Koppelhus, Martin A. Shtigar, Joanna L. Wright, editors, Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, page 336:
   • Coria admits there are still too few specimens to make a firm case for his theory, but that may not last for long. Just a few months after my visit he unearthed three new giant-predator specimens, at 90 million years old likely tormentors of the megasauropod Argentinosaurus. 1997 December 14, James Shreeve, “Uncovering Patagonia's Lost World”, in National geographic, volume 192, number 6, National Geographic Society, page 137:

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