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One vert to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing…. – Prepare yourselves, true believers. Pleurocoelus is coming!
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Pleurocoelus: the birth of excellence
Othniel Charles Marsh, who was always careful to base all of his hundreds of new taxa on the best, most diagnostic material available (Alert: Sarcasm detected!), named Pleurocoelus nanus based on a...
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Sauropods of 2008: Tastavinsaurus
Welcome to another episode of the ground-breaking and wonderful Sauropods of 2008 series. Yay! As I’m fond of pointing out, new dinosaurs do not only come from China, or South America: Europe continues...
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Sauropods stomping theropods: a much neglected theme in palaeo-art
Needless to say, one of the things I love most about Paco’s Brontomerus artwork is that it’s a rare and welcome example of the much neglected Sauropods Stomping Theropods school of palaeo-art. When I...
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Yes, sauropod neck vertebrae got longer as the animals grew up
Fig. 14. Vertebrae of Pleurocoelus and other juvenile sauropods. in right lateral view. A-C. Cervical vertebrae. A. Pleurocoelus nanus (USNM 5678, redrawn fromLull1911b: pl. 15). B. Apatosaurus sp....
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