This huge piece was soon followed by four vertebrae, fragments of a skull, a pelvis and around 20 teeth. Together, they help create the profile of a new sauropod species. These quadrupedal ...

“Precaudal vertebral counts for Sphyrna alleni are between 80 and 83 — around 10 more vertebrae than in Sphyrna tiburo.” Sphyrna alleni is distributed in coastal waters, estuaries, coral reefs, ...

Images courtesy of the researchers Study: Sauropod tail clubs from the Kota Formation (Lower to Middle Jurassic ... Lead author Tariq Abdul Kareem holding a caudal (tail) vertebra of Kotasaurus ...

They create a cushion between the brain and the cranium (skull) and the spinal cord and the vertebrae (spine). The meninges also provide structural support for important blood vessels and nerves and ...

The dinosaurs included several sauropod remains, including those of what appeared to be a unique species. “What was astounding was to find so many sauropods,” Mocho says. A large number of bones from ...

A new University of Michigan study of dinosaur fossils from India has revealed that the sauropod dinosaur Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis wielded a bony tail club. The research was based on the ...

“They present novel features in the dorsal vertebrae not reported in any other sauropod.” The postcranial remains of Campananeyen fragilissimus were collected in 2009 from the Candeleros Formation in ...

The vertebral column (spine) protects your spinal cord, supports your head, and allows bodily movement. It contains the sacrum (made up of four bones) and coccyx (the tailbone, which is made up of ...

The Broodmother is among the many bosses you’ll face in Ark Survival Ascended. It appears as a giant Arachnid creature. This is where we come in. In this guide, we will go over everything there ...

"There've been multiple studies that have looked at the rearing of sauropod dinosaurs," explained Prof Manning. "These animals would have done it probably either as a defence posture or to reach ...