Eucamerotus

The Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs Ornithopsis and Eucamerotus from the Isle of Wight, England.

Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

Firstly, there are definitely brachiosaurids present in the Wessex Formation: the big MIWG 7306 cervical vertebra that I and colleagues described in 2004 (Naish et al. 2004) is clearly more like the vertebrae of Brachiosaurus and Sauroposeidon than anything else (go here for more), and some of the dorsal vertebrae referred by Blows (1995) to his problematic taxon Eucamerotus foxi are also clearly brachiosaurid in the strict sense.

Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

It’s possible and perhaps likely that some of the other Wessex Formation sauropods, Eucamerotus among them, actually represent the same taxon as MIWG. 7306, though of course this can’t be tested until we have good, more complete specimens (here you’ll recall the Barnes High brachiosaurid, still floating in scientific limbo).

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

What’s more, some of these (notably Eucamerotus, a form named for dorsal vertebrae), seem to be good honest brachiosaurids closely related to Brachiosaurus (and hence to MIWG. 7306).

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

It’s possible and perhaps likely that some of the other Wessex Formation sauropods, Eucamerotus among them, actually represent the same taxon as MIWG. 7306, though of course this can’t be tested until we have good, more complete specimens (here you’ll recall the Barnes High brachiosaurid, still floating in scientific limbo).

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

What’s more, some of these (notably Eucamerotus, a form named for dorsal vertebrae), seem to be good honest brachiosaurids closely related to Brachiosaurus (and hence to MIWG. 7306).

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