• A PALEONTOLOGY GAME •

Living Large: The Secrets of Sauropods with picture of Sauropods in a line-up

What has a long neck, a tiny head, and is heavier than a family of elephants? A giant sauropod! These massive dinosaurs dominated Earth for 140 million years. 

headshot of Jonah Choinere in polaroid frame

Hi, I'm Jonah Choiniere and I’m a paleontologist. To learn about extinct animals like sauropods, paleontologists hunt for fossils all over the world. But a lot of discoveries happen back in the lab.

Play the game in my lab below to find out how sauropods lived. You'll watch videos and gather clues from experts. And when you're done, you can download a sauropod poster!

Jonah's Lab

Image credits

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Image Credits:

Images: Jonah Choiniere, © Jonah Choiniere; Sauropod parade, © Raúl Martin; wire frame of Diplodicus skull with brain case, © AMNH / D.Finin; Stegosaurus and T. rex illustrations, © Ed Heck; Apatosaurus illustraton, © Sean Murtha; sauropod CT brain scan, © Amy Balanoff; T. rex CT brain scan, © Larry Witmer; human brain illustration, © Richard Tibbitts/Antbits; Camarasaurus, Diplodicus and T. rex teeth, © AMNH / D.Finin; human teeth diagram, © AMNH; Camarasaurus skull, © AMNH / D. Finin; microscopic view of tooth growth lines, © Greg Erickson; giraffe, Apatosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Europasaurus and Argentinosaurus silhouettes, © AMNH; CT scan of sauropod vertebrae, © Mathew Wedel; construction crane, © flickr/Ben Sutherland; Barosaurus, © Scott Hartman; Charles Knight swamp painting, © AMNH; manatee ribs, AMNH / C.Chesek ; Apatosaurus ribs, AMNH / R.Mickens; sauropod ribcage illustration, © AMNH; sauropod ribs animation, © AMNH; Apatosaurus leg, © AMNH / R.Mickens; CT scan of femur showing growth rings, © Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan; fossilized sauropod nest and fossilized egg, © Luis Chiappe; close-ups of egg shell pores, © Dr. Frankie Jackson; baseball, © flickr/Yi-tao ?Timo? Lee; volleyball, © flickr/ Jason Cornelio; beach ball, © flickr/Timothy Valentine; sauropod nest and hatchling, © AMNH / D.Finin; Mamenchisaurus growth chart, © AMNH; fossilized oviraptor nest, © AMNH.