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Here is a fascinating sequence of five consecutive posterior dorsal vertebra — AMNH FARB 291 from the“Big Bone Room“ at the AMNH: {.wp-image-14329 .size-full aria-describedby=“caption-attachment-14329” loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“14329” permalink=“http://svpow.com/2017/08/15/biconcavoposeidon/figure-d-lateral-view-dscn6126/” orig-file=“https://svpow.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/figure-d-lateral-view-dscn6126.jpeg” orig-size=“2203,754”

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Re-reading an email that Matt sent me back in January, I see this: (For anyone not familiar with the the “wiper”, it refers to a short paper of only one or two pages. The etymology is left as an exercise to the reader.) It’s just amazing how we keep on and on falling for this delusion that we can get a paper out quickly, even when we know perfectly well , going into the project, that it’s not going to work out that way.

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Author Matt Wedel

…with sauropod bones! Lots of basements have them. Some basements have had them for decades, and other basements have been newly constructed to house them. So you can take advantage of that retro chic while taking your basement into the 21st century! What the heck am I talking about?