English: Comparative morphology of mid-posterior dorsals from six sauropods: Xenoposeidon and five representatives of major groups.
Each vertebra is shown in anterior and left lateral (or right lateral reversed) views, scaled to the same centrum height. (A) The diplodocid Diplodocus carnegii CM 84, 8th dorsal vertebra: (A1) anterior, modified from
Hatcher (1901: plate VIII), (A2) right lateral reversed, modified from
Hatcher (1901: plate VII). (B) The rebbachisaurid Rebbachisaurus garasbae MNHN MRS 1958, posterior dorsal vertebra: (B1) anterior, (B2) left lateral. (C) Xenoposeidon proneneukos NHMUK R2095, mid-posterior dorsal vertebra: (C1) anterior, (C2) left lateral. (D) The camarasaurid Camarasaurus supremus AMNH 5760/D-X-125, ?10th dorsal vertebra, modified from
and Mook Osborn and Mook (1921: plate LXX): (D1) anterior, (D2) left lateral. (E) The brachiosaurid Giraffatitan brancai MB.R.3822 (formerly HMN AR1), from a digital model supplied by Heinrich Mallison: (E1) anterior, (E2) right lateral reversed. (F) The titanosaur Yongjinglong datangi GSGM ZH(08)-04, mid-dorsal vertebra, modified from
Li et al. (2014: figure 9): (F1) anterior, (F2) left lateral.