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Thank you very much I see some bones are distorted too but I ignored the number and the crush degree.
For the neck the 3D scan of the skeleton does not support an horizontal posture
For the neck the 3D scan of the skeleton does not support an horizontal posture
True. Even the shoulders should be higher than in the scan, since it leaves barely any room for the hands at the bottom of the arms. And high shoulders = vertical necks, as a general rule. Of course by vertical I don't mean it has to be "brachiosaur-level" vertical, i.e. 80-90 degrees up. But at least semi-vertical (60 degrees or more) seems likely for most super-long necked titanosaur species.
The skeletal drawing that accompanied the paper, frankly SUCKS. Even the shapes of the vertebrae are completely off. But we must remember the purpose of the paper was to provide an in depth description of the bones, and differentiate them from what was known before, not to accurately reconstruct the whole animal. That's for later papers to decide. Easily 50% of the dinosaur papers out there are based on refuting something you don't agree with.
The skeletal drawing that accompanied the paper, frankly SUCKS. Even the shapes of the vertebrae are completely off. But we must remember the purpose of the paper was to provide an in depth description of the bones, and differentiate them from what was known before, not to accurately reconstruct the whole animal. That's for later papers to decide. Easily 50% of the dinosaur papers out there are based on refuting something you don't agree with.