How Fast Could the Dinosaurs Known as Sauropods Move Their Tails?

Computer models suggest that sauropods could have produced sonic booms by
whipping their tails.

Sauropods were a type of plant-eating dinosaur that arose in the Triassic
and Jurassic periods and survived for 100 million years. One of their most
distinctive features was their size -- some weighed close to 100 tons and
reached heights of up to 60 feet (18 m). Sauropods also had very long necks
and tails. The tails of some sauropods resembled whips, as they were wider
at the base and narrower on the tip.

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