was a 6 metre long reptile from the Middle Triassic period. The main feature that stands out about this animal is its extremely elongated neck 3 meters (10 ft) long, longer than its body and tail combined.
I dunno why it was confused once with a pterosaur!
Tanystropheus is considered to have been fish-eater, due to the presence of a long, narrow snout sporting sharp intelocking teeth.
However some scientists have argued that such a disproportionate neck would have placed Tanystropheus' center of gravity in front of its arms- causing it to fall flat on its face every time its neck stuck out. So for them it was kinda arboreal!
But it seems that it was just an amphibian (!) reptile!
I dunno why it was confused once with a pterosaur!
Tanystropheus is considered to have been fish-eater, due to the presence of a long, narrow snout sporting sharp intelocking teeth.
However some scientists have argued that such a disproportionate neck would have placed Tanystropheus' center of gravity in front of its arms- causing it to fall flat on its face every time its neck stuck out. So for them it was kinda arboreal!
But it seems that it was just an amphibian (!) reptile!
