Angloposeidon
Photograph by Naish
"Angloposeidon" is the informal name given to a dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of southern England. It was a possible brachiosaurid but has not been formally named. Darren Naish, a notable vertebrate palaeontologist, has worked with the specimen and has recommended that this name only be used informally and that it not be published.[1] However, he published it himself in his book Tetrapod Zoology Book One from 2010.[2] The remains consist of a single cervical vertebra (MIWG.7306), which indicate it was a very large animal. The fossil was found on the Isle of Wight in the Wessex Formation.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Naish, Darren (15 Jul 2006). "Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV". Darren Naish: Tetrapod Zoology.
- ↑ Naish, Darren (7 Oct 2010). "Tetrapod Zoology Book One is here at last". Archived from the original on 2012-05-08.
- ↑ Naish, Darren (2007-12-10). "World first: a peek inside "Angloposeidon"". Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week.
References
- Naish, D., D.M. Martill, D. Cooper & K.A. Stevens 2004. Europe’s largest dinosaur? A giant brachiosaurid cervical vertebra from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Research 25: 787-795.