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Armor for Sauropods

Will we ever find out what Augustinia looked like?
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Why did sauropods have such long necks?

Biology / Paleontology : Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week (2 years ago)

Why did sauropods have such long necks? It’s the single most obvious and important question about sauropods, so it’s a bit surprising to think that we’ve never really addressed this question directly. Maybe sauropod necks are so obv... Read Post

Neural spine bifurcation in sauropods, Part 3: the evidence from ontogenetic series

Biology / Paleontology : Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week (last year)

This is the third post in a series on neural spine bifurcation in sauropods, inspired by Woodruff and Fowler (2012). In the first post, I looked at neural spine bifurcation in Morrison sauropod genera based on the classic monographi... Read Post

Inside Sauropod Armor

Biology / Paleontology : Dinosaur Tracking (2 years ago)

A hollow, thin-walled bone is not exactly the sort of structure that is going to protect a sauropod from attack—so what was its purpose? Read Post


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