Tanystropheus
In Depth Taking up half of its total body length, Tanystropheus’s neck is almost inconceivable. Indeed, when Francesco Bassani discovered Tanystropheus remains in 1886 (although he named it Tribelesodon), he conceived the extra long neck vertebrae as the wing bones of a pterosaur. It was not until later that the mistake was realised and Tribelesodon … Read more