Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week #AcademicSpring

9 Responses to “One vert to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them”

1. Mike Taylor Says:

   
   April 20, 2008 at 9:53 pm

   Dude, that is AWESOME.
2. Darren Naish Says:

   
   April 24, 2008 at 1:36 pm

   If I may add some words uttered at a recent functional anatomy conference (and stated in direct reference to the image above), will you delete them? Test: Victorian sex aid. Sit back and let google do the work I say…
3. Matt Wedel Says:

   
   April 24, 2008 at 9:34 pm

   Dude, I have the utmost respect for you, but seriously, what the hell are you talking about? I won’t delete as long as you clarify. We’re all mature scientists here, we can take it.
4. Matt Wedel Says:

   
   April 24, 2008 at 9:35 pm

   …er, unless you are referencing the fact that the Pleurocoelus cervical looks like a stubby phallus. In which case a simple yes or no will do.
5. Darren Naish Says:

   
   April 25, 2008 at 7:58 am

   Yes.
6. Graham King Says:

   
   April 25, 2008 at 11:48 am

   Tres bizarre!

   …Exaptation?
7. Nima Says:

   
   January 18, 2009 at 6:06 pm

   Woah, nice photoshop job. You can really tell Boromir hates the “little” thing…. The real vert must be huge.
8. Matt Wedel Says:

   
   January 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   Actually, that’s about life size. One of the problems with Pleurocoelus (now Astrodon) is it was founded on material from very young juveniles that is not very diagnostic.
9. Nima Says:

   
   January 19, 2009 at 6:13 am

   so there’s NO adult verts for Astrodon at all? I thought there had to be something with which to at least roughly estimate the size…