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Stella Angelika LudwigHappy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfriday</a>! 🦕This is Patagotitan mayorum, one of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth, towering over a crowd of visitors at London’s Natural History Museum. This 2.76 tonne cast of the fossils discovered in Argentina was part of a 2023 special exhibition titled Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patagotitan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patagotitan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturalhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nhm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nhm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#argentina</a>

llewelly<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ladyteruki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ladyteruki</a> here's a list someone could use as starting point. It doesn't contain all the dinosaurs, it's only the best dinosaurs, but it's a start. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sauropod_species" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sauropod_species</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a>

llewellyU is for Udelartitan, a saltisauroid titanosaur from UruguayV is for Venenosaurus, presumably non-venemous, but found in the Poison Strip memberW is for Wintonotitan, found on the point bar of a fossil river in AustraliaX is for Xianshanosaurus, named after Xian mountainY is for Yamanasaurus, a saltisaurid from EcuadorZ is for Zhuchengtitan, who lived among tyrannosaurs, ceratopsians, and giant hadrosaurs.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/brachiosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brachiosaurs</a>

llewellyP is for Patagotitan, giant of Argentina, known from seven amazing specimensQ is for Quetecsaurus, named for fiery breath it probably didn't haveR is for Rinconsaurus, whose name means "Amazing in the tail". I heard you giggleS is for Saltasaurus, smallest and most taxonomically important of titanosaursT is for Titanosaurus, described for scrapy bits, of dubious distinguishing characters, leaving a taxonomic mess<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/brachiosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brachiosaurs</a>

llewellyK is for Kaijutitan, from Argentina, land of Kaiju TitanosaursL is for Lohuecotitan, a Spanish titanosaur from a vast bonebed of titanosaursM is for Magyarosaurus, Nopcsa's dwarf titanosaur, from Hatzeg island and TransylvaniaN is for Nemegtosaurus, a skull whose body may or may not be OpisthocoelicaudiaO is for Overosaurus, a small titanosaur from a land of large titanosaurs<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropodSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropodSunday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/brachiosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brachiosaurs</a>

llewellyF is for Futalognkosaurus, whose carcass was so huge it changed the course of a riverG is for Giraffatitan, Tanzania's famous BrachiosaurH is for Huanghetitan, named after the Yellow RiverI is for Inawentu, whose skull is convergent with its distant relative, NigersaurusJ is for Jainosaurus, a nice skull from the home of Titanosaurus<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropodSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropodSunday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/brachiosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brachiosaurs</a>

llewellyA is for Abydosaurus, whose head and chest where buried in rocks overlooking a river which ran through a dry country.B is for Brachiosaurus, a large-armed sauropod in a land of small-armed sauropodsC is for Cedarosaurus, curiously found with many gastrolithsD is Dreadnoughtus, famously found with well preserved forelegsE is for Europasaurus, small and cute among sauropods<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropodSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropodSunday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/titanosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#titanosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/brachiosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brachiosaurs</a>

llewellyAmazed at the amount of Morrison formation eggshell and hatchling material discussed in this talk. I had no idea there was so much from the Morrison formation; somehow I'd thought there was much less eggshell material from the Morrison. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSQecSp40o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSQecSp40o</a>(Talk given by Jim Kirkland at the Alberta Palaeo Society: <a href="https://sauropods.win/@alberta_palaeo_society/114078974239743223" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sauropods.win/@alberta_palaeo_society/114078974239743223</a> )<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dryosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dryosaurus</a>Had forgotten <a href="https://sauropods.win/@Paleojim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Paleojim</a> had an account here, so now I'm tagging him.

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺A new twist in an old origin story: Earliest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> may have emerged in the Amazon <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-story-earliest-dinosaurs-emerged-amazon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-01-story-earliest-dinosaurs-emerged-amazon.html</a> paper: <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01722-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01722-6</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paleoart</a> by <a href="https://sauropods.win/@markwitton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@markwitton</a>"the earliest dinosaurs likely emerged in a hot equatorial region in what was then the supercontinent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gondwana</a>—an area of land that encompasses the Amazon, Congo, & Sahara today... the may have been well adapted to hot, arid environments... <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> seemed to retain their preference, keeping to lower latitudes"

llewellyGaleamopus mopes around because their skull is famous but their name is unknownat every dinosaur museum the skull of Galeamopus is shown but it's stuck to the neck of Diplodocus and the text on the sign says it's the skull of Diplodocusbecause the skull of Diplodocus remains unknown but their name is famous<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Diplodocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diplodocus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Galeamopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Galeamopus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a>

Adam S. SmithI’ve selected this scene because it contains many sauropod dinosaurs. It’s part of a huge 26 metre long mural depicting the Mesozoic Era in China. Others depict the Palaeozoic and Cenozoic.In our new paper describing these historic murals in the Paleozoological Museum of China for the first time, we attempted to identify all the creatures. See the tables in the open access PDF to see if you agree: <a href="https://oiccpress.com/gcr/article/view/8295/9393" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oiccpress.com/gcr/article/view/8295/9393</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paleoart</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Unaysaurus: Beast of the Week <a href="https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/01/unaysaurus-beast-of-week.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/01/unaysaurus-beast-of-week.html</a> "Unaysaurus is was a member of what is referred to as the prosauropod group of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a>. Like their generally larger relatives, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a>, like Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus, they possessed long necks and proportionally small heads, but differed in that they often could walk on their hind legs"

beSpacificA Quarry Worker Felt Strange Bumps While Digging. They Turned Out to Be the Largest <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dinosaur</a> Trackway in the U.K. The five sets of tracks represent four-legged <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> and a three-toed carnivore that might have crossed paths on a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prehistoric</a> landscape <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-quarry-worker-felt-strange-bumps-while-digging-they-turned-out-to-be-the-largest-dinosaur-trackway-in-the-uk-180985774/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-quarry-worker-felt-strange-bumps-while-digging-they-turned-out-to-be-the-largest-dinosaur-trackway-in-the-uk-180985774/</a>

llewellythis <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> , I was reminded of this list of excellent tutorials, available from <a href="https://svpow.com/@svpow.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@svpow.com</a> , the fine blog ran by <a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mike</a> and Matt Wedel. If you want to learn about sauropods, dinosaur anatomy, and paleontology, this is a great place to start: <a href="https://svpow.com/tutorials/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://svpow.com/tutorials/</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/anatomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anatomy</a>

llewellyit's <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SauropodSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SauropodSunday</a> , and today were celebrating this paper, in which most of the backbones formerly known as Saurophaganax are promoted to sauropod status! Congratulations to the dinosaur bones formerly known as Saurophaganax. A few remaining odds and ends were used to describe the new species Allosaurus anax, the third species in the genus Allosaurus.<a href="https://svpow.com/2024/12/22/about-that-saurophaganax-paper/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://svpow.com/2024/12/22/about-that-saurophaganax-paper/</a> <a href="https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29404" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29404</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paleo</a>

llewellya manual investigation of Titanosaur skeletons has revealed that Titanosaurs rejected the digital revolution.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/anatomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anatomy</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/nichePuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nichePuns</a>

llewellytoday I was reminded of how odd sauropod feet are. Rather than try to describe them myself, I will refer you to <a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TetZoo</a> 's 2019 article of the life appearance of sauropods, which has a short section on feet.See also <a href="https://blueplanet.social/@etschopp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@etschopp</a> 's 2015 paper on Camarasaurus feet:<a href="https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/559.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/559.pdf</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/feet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feet</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a>

The Inquisitive BiologistFor those interested, Darren Naish (<a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TetZoo</a>) published an interesting retrospective on the whole Brain Fraud-sorry, Ford-debacle<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2421268" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2421268</a>Yours truly even gets a mention in the paper : )<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sauropods</a>

llewelly1/2 early this morning I was reminded of the fact that horse manure piles occasionally undergo spontaneous combustion, and ever since then, I can't stop thinking about the question of whether sauropod manure piles ever underwent spontaneous combustion. : )<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fire</a>

llewellyMatt Wedel of Sauropod Vertebra of the Week blog ( <a href="https://svpow.com/@svpow.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@svpow.com</a> ) has a great post up about novel anatomy, the amazing fact that there is still novel anatomy to be discovered, yes, even in humans, and some thoughts on how and why it hasn't all been discovered already, and why people should keep looking. <a href="https://svpow.com/2024/09/07/were-not-going-to-run-out-of-new-anatomy-anytime-soon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://svpow.com/2024/09/07/were-not-going-to-run-out-of-new-anatomy-anytime-soon/</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/anatomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anatomy</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SauropodSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SauropodSunday</a>

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