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Description: Craniad cervical vertebra of Elasmosaurus platyurus (ANSP 10081). A. articular, B. lateral, C. dorsal and D. ventral view. Abbreviations. bna = base of the neural arch, cr = cervical rib, llr = lateral longitudinal ridge, tr = thickened rim, vn = ventral notch. Scale bar equals 3 cm.
Title: Elasmosaurus neck vertebra
Credit: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070877
Author: Sven Sachs, Benjamin P. Kear, Michael J. Everhart
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