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The team created digital reconstructions of femurs from seven different sauropods.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

She said that, because of the rampant theft of some of the femurs, tibias and skulls in the past, the bones were now cemented together.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

You can see that he’s a tad lopsided on the left side, presumably because Victor couldn’t find matching femurs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck