👉 Pareiaosaurians were a group of sauropods that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 65 to 98 million years ago. They were characterized by their unique and distinctive features, including long necks and a large, flattened skull. The earliest pareiaosaurian fossils were discovered in South Africa in the early 20th century, but it wasn't until much later that they gained recognition as a distinct group of dinosaurs. The first known pareia