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The following paragraph seems to contradict itself with respect to new vertrebrae in the neck (or am I reading it wrong)
In sauropods, great neck length was achieved by a combination of three processes: incorporation of back vertebrae into the neck; addition of new vertebrae; and lengthening of the individual neck vertebrae. The long neck of Miragaia appears to have resulted mostly from back vertebrae becoming incorporated into the neck, based on vertebral counts of other stegosaurians. There is currently no evidence that new vertebrae contributed to the neck. 203.3.197.249 ( talk) 02:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
In various illustrations (such as the documentary Dinosaur Revolution), it is often portrayed with shoulder-spikes sticking diagonally straight, but a real skeleton like the one in this article doesn't, so do they have the shoulder-spikes or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.186.6.124 ( talk) 00:30, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
This article is currently titled Miragaia longicollum, but in the literature Alcovasaurus has been treated as a second species in the genus. So shouldn't this be "Miragaia (Genus)"? Even if folks don't agree with the lump it is not strictly treated as monotypic. Alternatively, swap things around and give this page priority as article title "Miragaia" and rename the article Miragaia as "Miragaia (Parish)" since it's a far less notable, less viewed page. Lusotitan ( Talk | Contributions) 06:16, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus to move ( non-admin closure) ( t · c) buidhe 05:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Miragaia longicollum → Miragaia (dinosaur) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. 82.41.151.124 ( talk) 22:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC)