Image: Apatosaurus caudal vertebrae
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Description: Pneumatic fossae are present in the proximal caudal vertebrae in many specimens of Apatosaurus. Here the first part of the tail of FMNH P25112, the mounted Apatosaurus skeleton in Chicago, is shown in left lateral view.
Title: Apatosaurus caudal vertebrae
Credit: Wedel MJ, Taylor MP (2013) Caudal Pneumaticity and Pneumatic Hiatuses in the Sauropod Dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus. PLoS ONE 8(10): e78213. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078213
Author: Mathew J. Wedel, Michael P. Taylor
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