Sauropod Shindig

Five new sauropods from all across the world and the sauropod family tree. Plus new embryos and hatchlings, sauropod speed estimates, and much much more.

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Dinosaur of the day Cetiosauriscus, a sauropod that isn't Cetiosaurus, but was also from Middle Jurassic of England.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Sauropod experts wrote an introduction to Diplodocoidea
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Utetitan zellaguymondeweyae
• A new Alamosaurus fossil was found
• There’s a new dicraeosaurid sauropod, Athenar bermani
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Yeneen houssayi
• There’s a new eusauropod sauropod, Jinchuanloong niedu
• There’s a new species of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis
• Some sauropods chose to lay eggs surrounded by fast moving waters, possibly to protect them from predators
• New Massospondylus embryos and hatchling show how they started on all fours before growing up and walking on two legs
• Large sauropods may have had max speeds of 6 mph (10 km/h)
• A nearly complete Plateosaurus tail shows this sauropodomorph could do damage with its tail

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