Thunder-Lizards

As a research associate at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Virginia Tidwell is primarily focused on gaining an understanding of the phylogenic relationship of the Early Cretaceous sauropods of North America.Kenneth Carpenter is the dinosaur paleontologist for the Denver Museum of Natural History. His books include Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs (IUP, 2000).

• ContributorsI. Sauropods Old and New1. Postcranial Anatomy of Referred Specimens of the Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Melanorosaurus from the Upper Triassic of South AfricaPeter M. Galton, Jacques Van Heerden, and Adam M. Yates2. The Genus Barosaurus Marsh (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae)John S. McIntosh3. Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Astrodon johnsoni Leidy 1865 (Titanosauriformes)Kenneth Carpenter and Virginia Tidwell4. Osteology of Ampelosaurus atacis (Titanosauria) from Southern FranceJean Le LoeuffII. Sauropods Young to Old5. New Juvenile Sauropod Material from Western Colorado, and the Record of Juvenile Sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison FormationJohn R. Foster6. New Adult Specimens of Camarasaurus lentus Highlight Ontogenetic Variation within the SpeciesTakehito Ikejiri, Virginia Tidwell, and David L. Trexler7. Age-Related Characteristics Found in a Partial Pelvis of CamarasaurusVirginia Tidwell, Kenneth Stadtman, and Allen Shaw8. Ontogenetic Variation and Isometric Growth in the Forelimb of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod VenenosaurusVirginia Tidwell and D. Ray WilhiteIII. Body Parts: Morphology and Biomechanics9. Neuroanatomy and Dentition of Camarasaurus lentus Sankar Chatterjee and Zhong Zheng10. Neck Posture, Dentition, and Feeding Strategies in Jurassic Sauropod DinosaursKent A. Stevens and J. Michael Parrish11. Neck Posture of Sauropods Determined Using Radiological Imaging to Reveal Three-Dimensional Structure of Cervical VertebraeDavid S. Berman and Bruce M. Rothschild12. Evolution of the Hyposphene-Hypanthrum Complex within SauropodaSebastián Apesteguía13. Variation in the Appendicular Skeleton of North American Sauropod Dinosaurs: Taxonomic ImplicationsD. Ray Wilhite14. First Articulated Manus of Diplodocus carnegiiMalcolm W. Bedell Jr. and David L. Trexler15. Evolution of the Titanosaur MetacarpusSebastián Apesteguía16. Pes Anatomy in Sauropod Dinosaurs: Implications for Functional Morphology, Evolution, and PhylogenyMatthew F. Bonnan17. Sauropod Stress Fractures as Clues to ActivityBruce M. Rothschild and Ralph E. MolnarIV. Global Record of Sauropods18. Between Gondwana and Laurasia: Cretaceous Sauropods in an Intraoceanic Carbonate PlatformFabio M. Dalla Vecchia19. Sauropods of Patagonia: Systematic Update and Notes on Global Sauropod EvolutionLeonardo Salgado and Rodolfo A. Coria20. Observations on Cretaceous Sauropods from AustraliaRalph E. Molnar and Steven W. Salisbury21. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Nests, Eggs, and Dung Mass (Coprolites) of Sauropods (Titanosaurs) from IndiaD. M. MohabeyIndex