Project 2124: E. Tschopp, O. Mateus, R. B. Benson. 2015. A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). PeerJ. 3:e857.

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Taxonomic name
Nigersaurus taqueti

Specimen
Nigersaurus taqueti (unvouchered)

Specimen notes
number not provided in figure caption at least but specimen is derived from Schmitt 2012

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basal tubera

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Figure 25: Skulls of Nigersaurus taqueti (A; modified from Schmitt, 2012) and Galeamopus sp. USNM 2673 (B) in occipital view. Note the reduced basal tubera in Nigersaurus (A; C84-1), and the convex (A; C 85-0), or concave (B; C85-2) posterior face of the tubera. Abb.: bpr, basipterygoid process; bt, basal tuber; cpr, crista prootica; fm, foramen magnum; oc, occipital condyle; popr, paroccipital process; so, supraoccipital. Skulls scaled to same occipital condyle height.

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