prosauropod


pro·saur·o·pod

P5655650 (prō′sôr′ə-pŏd′)n. Any of various saurischian dinosaurs of the group Prosauropoda of the Triassic and Jurassic Periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, serrated teeth, and large thumb claw, and including plateosaurus.
[New Latin Prōsauropoda, group name : Greek pro-, before; see pro-2 + New Latin Sauropoda, group name; see sauropod.]
pro′saur′o·pod′ adj.

prosauropod

(prəʊˈsɔːrəˌpɒd) n (Palaeontology) a herbivorous dinosaur of the Triassic and early Jurassic periods