Publicado in Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

Every year the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis in Teruel, Spain, gives out the International Award in Palaeontology Research, a.k.a. Paleonturology. ‘Paleonturology’ is a bit of a pun–it’s actually Paleon Turol ogy; Turol is the old Roman name for the area, from which the Turia river, Turiasaurus , and the city and province of Teruel are all derived.