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Out today: a new Turiasaurian sauropod, Mierasaurus bobyoungi , from the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain formation in Utah.

A bunch of stuff, loosely organized by theme. Media First up, I need to thank Brian Switek, who invited me to comment on Patagotitan for his piece at Smithsonian. I think he did a great job on that, arguably the best of any of the first-day major media outlet pieces.

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The question of whether sauropod cervicals got longer through ontogeny came up in the comment thread on Mike’s “How horrifying was the neck of Barosaurus?” post, and rather than bury this as a comment, I’m promoting it to a post of its own.

This will be all too short, but I can’t let the publication of a new giant sauropod pass unremarked.

Now that the new Wilson and Allain (2015) paper has redescribed Rebbachisaurus , we can use it to start thinking about some other specimens.

Here at SV-POW! Towers, we’re keenly aware that some of our fans are just here for the hardcore sauropod vertebra action. These folks start to shift in their seats when we put up too many posts in a row on open access or rabbits or…okay, mostly just OA and bunnies. If that’s you – or, heck, even if it isn’t – your good day has come. Saddle up. Let’s ride.