Sauropod dinosaurs, the group of herbivores that included the largest land animals that ever lived, are renowned for their incredibly long necks. Fossils of a newly discovered, 10-meter-long species excavated in South America, however, suggest that this particular sauropod bucked that trend.
Many scientists consider the long necks of most sauropods to be an important feeding adaptation, says Oliver W.M.
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