Sauropoda
E370004
Sauropoda is a major group of long-necked, large-bodied, herbivorous dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals in Earth’s history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sauropoda canonical | 17 |
| Neosauropoda | 2 |
| Titanosauriformes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3524088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sauropoda Context triple: [Patagotitan mayorum, clade, Sauropoda]
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A.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
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B.
Dinosauria
Dinosauria is a diverse clade of reptiles that originated in the Mesozoic Era and includes both extinct non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds.
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C.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
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D.
Ornithischia
Ornithischia is a major clade of primarily herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaurs that includes groups such as stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians.
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E.
Somphospondyli
Somphospondyli is a major group of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest known land animals, characterized by elongated necks and widespread distribution during the Cretaceous Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sauropoda Target entity description: Sauropoda is a major group of long-necked, large-bodied, herbivorous dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals in Earth’s history.
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A.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
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B.
Dinosauria
Dinosauria is a diverse clade of reptiles that originated in the Mesozoic Era and includes both extinct non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds.
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C.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
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D.
Ornithischia
Ornithischia is a major clade of primarily herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaurs that includes groups such as stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians.
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E.
Somphospondyli
Somphospondyli is a major group of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest known land animals, characterized by elongated necks and widespread distribution during the Cretaceous Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur clade
ⓘ
saurischian dinosaur ⓘ tetrapod ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| characteristic |
columnar limbs
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elongated cervical vertebrae ⓘ herbivorous dentition ⓘ large barrel-shaped torso ⓘ long neck ⓘ long tail ⓘ massive body size ⓘ pneumatic vertebrae ⓘ small head relative to body ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| estimatedMaxLength | over 30 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedMaxMass | over 50 metric tons ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Triassic ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
abundant body fossils
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trackways preserved on multiple continents ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
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Antarctica ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Apatosaurus
ⓘ
Argentinosaurus huinculensis ⓘ
surface form:
Argentinosaurus
Brachiosauridae ⓘ Brachiosaurus ⓘ Camarasauridae ⓘ Diplodocidae ⓘ Diplodocus ⓘ Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ
surface form:
Patagotitan
Titanosauria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lastAppearance |
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
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surface form:
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
|
| locomotion | obligate quadruped ⓘ |
| notableFor | includes some of the largest known terrestrial animals ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Saurischia
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Sauropodomorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
clade
ⓘ
infraorder ⓘ |
| timeRangeEnd | end of Cretaceous ⓘ |
| timeRangeStart | Late Triassic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sauropoda Description of subject: Sauropoda is a major group of long-necked, large-bodied, herbivorous dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals in Earth’s history.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neosauropoda
this entity surface form:
Titanosauriformes
this entity surface form:
Neosauropoda