Talk:Sauroposeidon

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Since the technical papers referenced in the article indicate that the the Sauroposeidon could lift it's head, I just avoided the issue and didn't include the statement from the previous stub article stating otherwise. A discussion covering blood pressure, grazing envelopes and so on would make an excellent addition to the article, as would some more details on how it lived (bouyancy, likely diet, herd behavior, etc). It also really needs a picture. 68.81.231.127 02:48, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Name

Uhh, earthquake lizard god? Check the article on poseidon, his name isn't earthquake god, and even if it was that's just a weird juxtaposition.

Poseidon doesn't *mean* "earthquake god", but he was associated with earthquakes, so the explanation for the name "Sauroposeidon" looks quite acceptable... Thinking of that, maybe "earthquake-god lizard" would be better than "earthquake lizard god"...

I agree that the translation here (Earthquake Lizard God) seems to be slightly off. Looking at the name it would seem a direct translation would be lziard (=sauro) earthquake god (=poseidon) can someone verify the correct translation and update this? Kevmin 01:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I didn't translate anything; that interpretation was taken directly from Wedel and Cifelli. Since their intent is what matters, I've restored the original translation with an inline ref (and a note explaining it so hopefully it doesn't get changed back). Pat (talk) 11:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Discovery

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, but do we really know all of this based on four vertebrae, or was there more? General-Septem (talk) 05:50, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Just the four vertebrae--everything else is general knowledge for brachiosaurs or sauropods in general. Dinoguy2 (talk) 18:58, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Siz Chart

[1] Is an older one showing Sauroposeiden taller than Amphicoelias but the current one [2] shows it not as tall even though it was supposed to be the tallest. Also Bruhatho... err yeah, aint on but i seem to remember its author requested that. Spinodontosaurus (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:12, 9 December 2009 (UTC).

Er, yeah that older size chart wasn't so great. I greatly mis-scaled Sauroposeidon. Amphicoelias, IF it was proportioned like other diplodocids, would probably be the tallest known dinosaur. But for all we know it had a shorter neck or something, so it doesn't get the official honor. The author of the Bruhath drawing requested I take it off the scale drawing because he lost faith in his own drawing it was based on. I agree because all estimates of Bruhath are based on incredibly doubtful, unpublished measurements and it will probably turn out not to be very big at all, in the end. Dinoguy2 (talk) 20:20, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes but what my point was the Sauroposieden on the chart is around 8m tall (using the boxes), but Sauroposeidens page says it had a maximum head height of 17m - over twice what the chart shows. Just wondering if it was for some reason intentional. Spinodontosaurus (talk) 21:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

The neck is only at 8m because it's in a horizontal position. The point of the chart was to show length, not height. If you measure the neck alone, it comes out to about 12m long as stated in the article. If you measure the shoulder height, it's about 6m. So with a vertical neck, 12+6=18m tall, a bit too big :) But of course the neck wouldn't be jutting straight up from the shoulder in life. Dinoguy2 (talk) 00:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh i get it now, tough the way the sauroposeiden page is worded it sounds like it would be easy for it to do that but not a mormall pose. Spinodontosaurus (talk) 22:47, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

How About This Picture?

Spinodontosaurus (talk) 19:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Ugh, no thanks. I made that one ages ago and do not stand by it. The one in the article now is way better. Dinoguy2 (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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Size

Is it just me, or is 34 meters waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too big? Paul gives an estimate of 27 meters, and that is the only one is above the 2012-2013 threshold. --Slate Weasel (talk) 18:50, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

And a mass of 40 tonnes. --Slate Weasel (talk | contribs) 20:36, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

old size chart

There seems to be an older size diagram that doesn't include a scale bar or an accurate reconstruction of the dinosaur on the page (the black and gray silhouette in the Description section). Should that still be there, or can it be removed? Audrey.m.horn (talk) 23:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Paluxysaurus is not Sauroposeidon?

Some Paluxysaurus specimen have fused cervical ribs and other have fused scapulacoracoid, so that mean that those specimen are adults and that Sauroposeidon and Paluxysaurus are different dinosaurs. Possibly one genus, but not species Ysku (talk) 20:28, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Well, you'd have to publish that conclusion for it to have any bearing on the article. FunkMonk (talk) 20:49, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Why There is written that both are definitely synonyms?

Ysku (talk) 10:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Molina-Perez and Larramendi wrote that they could be synonyms, but they still have it as Separate genera