Editing Jurassic (section)

==== Sauropodomorphs ====
[[File:Mamenchisaurus in Japan.jpg|left|thumb|Skeleton of ''[[Mamenchisaurus|Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum]]'' from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China]]
[[Sauropoda|Sauropods]] became the dominant large herbivores in terrestrial ecosystems during the Jurassic.<ref name="Pol-2020">{{Cite journal |last1=Pol |first1=D. |last2=Ramezani |first2=J. |last3=Gomez |first3=K. |last4=Carballido |first4=J. L. |last5=Carabajal |first5=A. Paulina |last6=Rauhut |first6=O. W. M. |last7=Escapa |first7=I. H. |last8=Cúneo |first8=N. R. |date=2020-11-25 |title=Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event |url= |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |language=en |volume=287 |issue=1939 |pages=20202310 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2020.2310 |issn=0962-8452 |pmc=7739499 |pmid=33203331}}</ref> Some Jurassic sauropods reached gigantic sizes, becoming the largest organisms to have ever lived on land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sander |first1=P. Martin |last2=Christian |first2=Andreas |last3=Clauss |first3=Marcus |last4=Fechner |first4=Regina |last5=Gee |first5=Carole T. |last6=Griebeler |first6=Eva-Maria |last7=Gunga |first7=Hanns-Christian |last8=Hummel |first8=Jürgen |last9=Mallison |first9=Heinrich |last10=Perry |first10=Steven F. |last11=Preuschoft |first11=Holger |date=February 2011 |title=Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism |journal=Biological Reviews |language=en |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=117–155 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00137.x |pmc=3045712 |pmid=21251189}}</ref>

[[Basal (phylogenetics)|Basal]] bipedal [[Sauropodomorpha|sauropodomorphs]], such as [[Massospondylidae|massospondylids]], continued to exist into the Early Jurassic, but became extinct by the beginning of the Middle Jurassic.<ref name="Pol-2020" /> Quadrupedal sauropomorphs appeared during the Late Triassic. The quadrupedal ''[[Ledumahadi]]'' from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa reached an estimated weight of 12 tons, far in excess of other known basal sauropodomorphs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McPhee |first1=Blair W. |last2=Benson |first2=Roger B.J. |last3=Botha-Brink |first3=Jennifer |last4=Bordy |first4=Emese M. |last5=Choiniere |first5=Jonah N. |date=8 October 2018 |title=A Giant Dinosaur from the Earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the Transition to Quadrupedality in Early Sauropodomorphs |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=19 |pages=3143–3151.e7 |bibcode=2018CBio...28E3143M |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.063 |pmid=30270189 |s2cid=52890502 |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Gravisauria]]n sauropods first appeared during the Early Jurassic, with the oldest definitive record being ''[[Vulcanodon]]'' from Zimbabwe, likely of Sinemurian age.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Viglietti |first1=Pia A. |last2=Barrett |first2=Paul M. |last3=Broderick |first3=Tim J. |last4=Munyikwa |first4=Darlington |last5=MacNiven |first5=Rowan |last6=Broderick |first6=Lucy |last7=Chapelle |first7=Kimberley |last8=Glynn |first8=Dave |last9=Edwards |first9=Steve |last10=Zondo |first10=Michel |last11=Broderick |first11=Patricia |date=January 2018 |title=Stratigraphy of the Vulcanodon type locality and its implications for regional correlations within the Karoo Supergroup |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1464343X17303953 |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |language=en |volume=137 |pages=149–156 |bibcode=2018JAfES.137..149V |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.10.015}}</ref> [[Eusauropoda|Eusauropods]] first appeared during the late Early Jurassic (Toarcian) and diversified during the Middle Jurassic;<ref name="Pol-2020" /> these included [[Cetiosauridae|cetiosaurids]], [[Turiasauria|turiasaurs]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Royo-Torres |first1=Rafael |last2=Cobos |first2=Alberto |last3=Mocho |first3=Pedro |last4=Alcalá |first4=Luis |date=2021-01-01 |title=Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/1/201/5900936 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=191 |issue=1 |pages=201–227 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa091 |issn=0024-4082 |doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[Mamenchisauridae|mamenchisaurs]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ren |first1=Xin-Xin |last2=Huang |first2=Jian-Dong |last3=You |first3=Hai-Lu |date=2020-05-27 |title=The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2018.1515935 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=602–610 |bibcode=2020HBio...32..602R |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1515935 |issn=0891-2963 |s2cid=91927243}}</ref> [[Neosauropoda|Neosauropods]] such as [[macronaria]]ns and [[Diplodocoidea|diplodocoids]] first appeared during the Middle Jurassic, before becoming abundant and globally distributed during the Late Jurassic.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ren |first1=Xin-Xin |last2=Jiang |first2=Shan |last3=Wang |first3=Xu-Ri |last4=Peng |first4=Guang-Zhao |last5=Ye |first5=Yong |last6=Jia |first6=Lei |last7=You |first7=Hai-Lu |date=2022-11-14 |title=Re-examination of Dashanpusaurus dongi (Sauropoda: Macronaria) supports an early Middle Jurassic global distribution of neosauropod dinosaurs |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018222004898 |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |language=en |volume=610 |pages=111318 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111318 |issn=0031-0182}}</ref>