Question

Which of the listed items are TRUE for sauropods?

Select ALL that apply.

A. unidirectional respiration likely lived in large groups
B. hypothesized lifespans of roughly 100 years
C. commonly lived in swamps
D. carried their tails off of the ground
E. forelimbs and hindlimbs both plantigrade

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Unidirectional respiration, likely lived in large groups

B. hypothesized lifespans of roughly 100 years

D. carried their tails off of the ground

Explanation:

Saurapods are long neck hebivores with following characteristics :

• Obligate Qadrupedality

• Unidirectional respiration
• Likely lived in large groups
• Very large
• Weak teeth

• Hypothesized lifespans of roughly 100 years
• Carried their tails off of the ground
• Extracervical vertebrae
• Reduced skull size
• Tooth to tooth occlusion for precise bites
• Four or more sacrals
• Reduced number of phalanges on manus.

Hence options A, B and D are correct.