"There is no data available concerning the original length of plesiosaur IVDs."

As noted in Taylor and Wedel (2013:7-8), the unpublished MSc thesis of Mark Evans (1993) æestimated that the thickness of intercervical cartilage amounted to 14% of centrum length in Muraenosaurus Seeley, 1874 and 20% in Cryptoclidus Seeley, 1892."

Were you aware of this claim? If so, I'd be interested in why you...

In this paper, you've made the common and understandable mistake of crediting the wrong Mike Taylor in our 2013 paper:

Taylor MA, Wedel MJ. 2013. Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks. PeerJ 1:e36

That should be "Taylor MP" (me, the sauropod guy), not "Taylor MA" (the original Mike Taylor, who works on marine reptiles).

Is it too late to fix this?