Madagascar Dinosaur Vertebrae

[Crazyhen]

These are the vertebral bones of a dinosaur from Madagascar.  Any idea if we could tell which species it is? 

[ynot]

I have doubt as to whether those all belong to one animal, maybe not even one species.

[Haravex]

They are vertebrae for sure but again the dont seem to be consistent in their placement I would look at each vertebrae individually also without the processes it might be hard to narrow down any further than say theropod sauropod ect.

[doushantuo]

I would have felt VERY sorry for the dinosaur that would have that as part of its axial skeleton.

I agree with Haravex: very few (parts of) the miscellaneous kinds of apophyses showing.

Might have been cobbled together from indeterminable bits...

[SULLY]

That’s going to be difficult to ID in a group. I agree that you’ll probably have to start with one and then go from there 

[dhwhdgjs]

It seems like a Sauropod Rapetosaurus caudal vertebrae.

Edited November 24, 2018 by dhwhdgjs

[doushantuo]

R.Krausi is better preserved than this

[Haravex]

This might help

 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232691143_The_Postcranial_Osteology_of_Rapetosaurus_krausei_Sauropoda_Titanosauria_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_of_Madagascar

 

Edit another thing looking at this skeleton a lot of the vertebrae dont seem to match the ones you are showing the centrum is rather compressed and without much room for pneumatic air sacs.

[TyBoy]

I agree with the others its a hodgepodge of bones.  The other problem you have is without a proper locality and formation you dont know if what you have is jurassic or early or late Cretaceous since Madagascar has quite the diversity of sauropods.