New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social

Quite how this dorsal vertebra from #IsleofWight iguanodontian dinosaur Brighstoneus got like this is hard to say. Almost certainly trauma caused a fracture which perhaps was splinted unnaturally by attached tendons so that it healed in this peculiar circular fashion. #FossilFriday

New sauropod species from #Romania rewrite Europe's dinosaur history! Led by @daniajinn.bsky.social, the discovery of 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 and 𝘜𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪 challenges "island dwarfism" and reveals links to Africa, Asia and South America. 🦕

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