Sauroposeidon

Sauroposeidon is known only from its immense cervical vertebrae, two of which are depicted in the adjacent image (provided courtesy of Matt).

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

At up a metre in diameter, they must have been produced by a real giant, and, among roughly contemporaneous North American sauropods, only Sauroposeidon is big enough (Wedel 2005).

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

Sauroposeidon is from the Aptian-Albian Antlers Formation, whereas the Wessex Formation that yields MIWG. 7306 is just a little older, being late Barremian in age.

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

At up a metre in diameter, they must have been produced by a real giant, and, among roughly contemporaneous North American sauropods, only Sauroposeidon is big enough (Wedel 2005).

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

Sauroposeidon is from the Aptian-Albian Antlers Formation, whereas the Wessex Formation that yields MIWG. 7306 is just a little older, being late Barremian in age.

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

Sauroposeidon is known only from its immense cervical vertebrae, two of which are depicted in the adjacent image (provided courtesy of Matt).

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

One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.

Mongabay.com News 2009

One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.

Mongabay.com News 2009

One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.

Mongabay.com News 2009

Philip Montgomery for The Wall Street Journal Rebecca Meah , a preparator at the museum, shaping a clay model of a Sauroposeidon.

Building Dinosaurs, From the Ground Up 2011