No creatures ever stomped across the planet quite like the creatures scientists call sauropodomorphs.
These long-necked plant eaters were the largest dinosaurs, and they included the mighty 70-tonne (63,500kg) titanosaurs, as well as the Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus. Paleontologists have long wondered how these lumbering 30m-long behemoths got so big.
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