Ultrasauros

That's the big "Ultrasauros"/Brachiosaurus scap, also from Dry Mesa.

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I think he's probably referring to the sculpted replica of the "Ultrasauros" forelimb on display at the NMMNH&S.

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Interestingly, I don't know that anyone has pointed out how dissimilar the "Ultrasauros" and B. brancai scaps are in outline.

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If you don't have them to hand, look at my Brachiosaurus reconstruction in the original Sauroposeidon paper -- I used Brian's illo of the "Ultrasauros" scap as the basis for my Brachiosaurus the first time around (but not the second -- the scap in the redrawn illo from Wedel & Cifelli 2005 is based on the B. brancai scap).

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Hi Darren! why Ultrasauros didn´t exist??? because curtice said that??, many paleontologist have examinated the dorsal vertebrae for years and all of them said that it was very closed to the brachiosaurus brancai of naturkunde museum. is any paleontologist to day that defend that ultrasaurs is real, that the vertebrae is of a brachiosaurid?

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Below, at left, you can see dead fish expert Graeme Elliott standing alongside the Ultrasauros scapulocoracoid (go here for hilarious caption, sorry Graeme).

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Hi Darren! why Ultrasauros didn´t exist??? because curtice said that??, many paleontologist have examinated the dorsal vertebrae for years and all of them said that it was very closed to the brachiosaurus brancai of naturkunde museum. is any paleontologist to day that defend that ultrasaurs is real, that the vertebrae is of a brachiosaurid?

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Below, at left, you can see dead fish expert Graeme Elliott standing alongside the Ultrasauros scapulocoracoid (go here for hilarious caption, sorry Graeme).

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= P And wasn't some of the Ultrasauros material referred to Brachiosaurus as well?

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A reassessment of Ultrasauros macintoshi (Jensen, 1985).

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