Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

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1. dale m. Says:

   
   March 12, 2020 at 9:59 pm

   Nice photo composition Matt! Which reminds me. Time to open those filing cabinets of Jim Jensen’s corespondence from the 70s. I’ve got a lot of colour photos of the dig circa 1974-6.
2. Matt Wedel Says:

   
   March 12, 2020 at 11:18 pm

   Thanks, and yes, please!
3. Spinal cord blank diagrams, and the Field Museum Patagotitan | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week Says:

   
   November 5, 2020 at 8:01 am

   […] be the best-mounted sauropod skeleton in the world. The Brachiosaurus outside is also pretty great (evidence), but it loses points because you can’t walk around it on an upstairs balcony. Every other […]
4. Spinal cord blank diagrams, and the Field Museum Patagotitan | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week Says:

   
   November 5, 2020 at 8:01 am

   […] be the best-mounted sauropod skeleton in the world. The Brachiosaurus outside is also pretty great (evidence), but it loses points because you can’t walk around it on an upstairs balcony. Every other […]
5. Tom Says:

   
   November 6, 2020 at 9:08 am

   How tall is it? Does it “beat” Giraffatitan in Berlin, which is 13.2 meters tall?
6. Mike Taylor Says:

   
   November 6, 2020 at 9:38 am

   In terms of the neck and skull, it’s basically the same mount — and the two animals were in any case basically the same size, based on humeral and femoral lengths. So whether the Chicago mount is taller than the Berlin one really just comes down to how vertically the different teams posed the necks and how high on the torsos they placed the shoulder socket. Functionally, it’s a draw.
7. Burpee PaleoFest 2020: my last conference | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week Says:

   
   March 8, 2021 at 11:34 am

   […] with a bunch of other folks, for a Field Museum visit before my flight home, which is how I got this awesome photo, and also these awesome photos. Thanks also to my fellow speakers, for many fascinating […]

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