In contrast to the cervical vertebral centra, the dorsal centrum is shorter and more mildly opisthocoelous. |
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The Mesozoic Lepidosteidae, again, have, at most, biconcave vertebrae, while the existing Lepidosteus has Salamandroid, opisthocoelous, vertebrae. |
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Specimen 1912VIII64 was opisthocoelous, pleurocoelous, and caudally wider than tall, as in Epachthosaurus and Pellegrinisaurus, and may pertain to Paralititan. |
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Opisthocoelous vertebrae are the opposite, possessing anterior convexity and posterior concavity. |
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