Tanystropheus (Greek τανυς `long” + στροφαηυς `vertebra”), was a 6 metre (20 ft) long reptile that dated from the Middle Triassic period. It is recognizable by its extremely elongated neck, which measured 3 metres (10 ft) long - longer than its body and tail combined. Despite this length, it had only ten neck vertebrae, each ...
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(pronounced TAN-ee-STRO-fee-us) Tanystropheus was a long-necked reptile (not a dinosaur) that dates from the middle Triassic period . It looked like a lizard with a ridiculously long neck. Its neck was 10 feet (3 m) long, longer than its body and tail put together. Some of the 10 neck vertebrae (neck bones) were over 1 foot (30 cm) wide. It had 4 l...
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