the neural spine in ventral view with anterior to the top of the page;B, the left neural arch pedicel in dorsal view with anterior to the top; andC, the right dorsolateral margin of the cotyle in oblique posterior dorsolateral view with dorsomedial to the top....
The sameTornieriavertebra in dorsolateral oblique view, showing some pneumatic features on the lateral aspect of the neural spine. The pocks on the centrum are also raising my pneumaticity antennae, but I can’t be sure from my limited set of 16-year-old photos. WhenDiplodocuscaudals have pn...
The world is full of wonderful animals, both extant and extinct, and they all have names. As a result, it’s fairly common for newly named animals to be given names already in use — as for example with the giant Miocene sperm whale “Leviathan“ (now Livyatan). BUt there are ways ...