Bothriospondylus

Because Bothriospondylus was named early in the scientific discovery of sauropods (in 1875), it quickly became a sort of ‘waste-basket’ taxon to which sauropod remains from all over the world were referred.

Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay Darren Naish 2006

Thus, various Cretaceous sauropod remains from England, as well as remains from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar and the Upper Jurassic of France, have been identified (erroneously) as Bothriospondylus.

Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay Darren Naish 2006

So all of the brachiosaurids have Brachiosaurus listed as their clade, including Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cedarosaurus, Sauroposeidon and Venenosaurus.

‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV Darren Naish 2006

Thus, various Cretaceous sauropod remains from England, as well as remains from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar and the Upper Jurassic of France, have been identified (erroneously) as Bothriospondylus.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Because Bothriospondylus was named early in the scientific discovery of sauropods (in 1875), it quickly became a sort of ‘waste-basket’ taxon to which sauropod remains from all over the world were referred.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Bothriospondylus and have to practice dentistry when the

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Then there’s Bothriospondylus suffossus, based on vertebrae.

Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay Darren Naish 2006

Then there’s Bothriospondylus suffossus, based on vertebrae.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006