Figure 25. Diplodocimorph skulls in occipital view.
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.