After eight consecutive posts on Xenoposeidon , I have to admit that even I am getting just a tiny bit bored of it, so I can only imagine how the rest of you feel.

OK, so it’s actually day 7: I missed my deadline yesterday due to that unfortunate necessity, the day-job, which had me in meetings for half of the day and travelling for the other half. Yes, I could have written this post on the trains and planes, but I had my reasons. So here we are, at last.

So… you’re publishing a new, dead exciting and all round outstanding paper on a new dinosaur – like, let’s say, the new Hastings Beds Group neosauropod Xenoposeidon proneneukos Taylor & Naish, 2007 – what now?

So, by now, most people in the known universe have heard about Xenoposeidon , know what a big deal it is, and understand its immense value and significance.

Today is an exciting day here at SV-POW! Towers, with the publication of the new dinosaur Xenoposeidon proneneukos , based on — you guessed it — a sauropod vertebra. The reference is: And what a vertebra it is! Let’s take a look: Here we see the vertebra from both sides: on the left side, we see it in left lateral aspect, and on the right, in right lateral.

Here is another beautiful but (so far) unidentifiable isolated dorsal vertebra from the Wealden Supergroup. Rather than the usual orthogonal views (anterior, posterior, lateral) this is in an oblique view: right anterolateral. This vertebra is one of two that, together, make up the specimen BMNH R90. For my own convenience I have assigned them lower-case latters so each can be referred to individually. I call this one R90a.

Welcome to another SV-POW! world first: the first ever outing (to my knowledge) of a photo of BMNH R5333, an articulated set of two-and-a-bit titanosaur caudal vertebrae. These vertebrae come from the famous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight: they are from the Lower Cretaceous, and specifically from the Barremian.

Just a quick post to feed the desire for sheer sauropodous beauty. This picture shows a single partial vertebra in six different views.