Figure 45. Neosauropod atlantes.
Atlas of Camarasaurus sp. UUVP 10070 (A; modified from Madsen, McIntosh & Berman, 1995), and Galeamopus sp. AMNH 969 (B) in posterior (left) and right lateral view (right, A shows left side reversed). Note the distinct anteroventral lip characterizing diplodocids (B; C144-1), and the foramen between the posterior ventrolateral processes in AMNH 969 (B; C145-1). Abb.: ncs, neurocentral synchondrosis; pvlp, posterior ventrolateral process. Scaled to the same centrum height.