Angloposeidon

If Mirischia the Brazilian theropod is one of my little pets, the enormous sauropod represented by the cervical vertebra MIWG. 7306 – affectionately (and unofficially) known to some of us as 'Angloposeidon' – is one of the biggest [the image at left, and that below, are my drawings of the specimen].

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

If Mirischia the Brazilian theropod is one of my little pets, the enormous sauropod represented by the cervical vertebra MIWG. 7306 – affectionately (and unofficially) known to some of us as 'Angloposeidon' – is one of the biggest [the image at left, and that below, are my drawings of the specimen].

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

This makes it quite bigger than ‘Angloposeidon’ and in fact one of the biggest sauropods in the world, almost on par with immense titanosaurs like Argentinosaurus and Paralititan.

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

As regular blog-readers will know, back in 2004 I and colleagues described a large cervical vertebra from an Isle of Wight sauropod dinosaur (see ‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story: part I, part II, part III and part IV).

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods ... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Andrew said ... it'd be good to see more on pneumaticity and Angloposeidon - hopefully together.

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

As I said in part IV … During the long period of time in which the [‘Angloposeidon’] manuscript was in preparation I spoke to several European colleagues who told me of new sauropods from Portugal and Spain that would easily outclass MIWG. 7306 in terms of size.

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods ... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

Darren Naish: Tetrapod Zoology: ‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part III

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

Darren Naish: Tetrapod Zoology: Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods ... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006