Pronunciation: pr ō - ' so ̇ r- ə - ˌ päd
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Prosauropoda, from 1 pro- + Sauropoda ― more at SAUROPOD
Date: 1941
: any of a group (Prosauropoda) of chiefly herbivorous Triassic dinosaurs that are prob. ancestral to sauropods