To adjust for this increased length the vertebrae (one of which measured nearly two feet in length) were honeycombed with air-sacs, enabling it to hold its neck parallel to the ground.
Erketu lived around 100 million years ago.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
God of Might
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of sauropod which they have named Erketu ellisoni (Erketu being a "god of might"). The unusual thing about this titanosaur, found in Mongolia, is that its neck is incredibly long in proportion to its body- some 24 feet long.
To adjust for this increased length the vertebrae (one of which measured nearly two feet in length) were honeycombed with air-sacs, enabling it to hold its neck parallel to the ground.
Erketu lived around 100 million years ago.
To adjust for this increased length the vertebrae (one of which measured nearly two feet in length) were honeycombed with air-sacs, enabling it to hold its neck parallel to the ground.
Erketu lived around 100 million years ago.
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Wonder if the creature ever got tonsillitis ...?
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