Making Sense of ‘One of the Most Baffling Animals That Ever Lived’ (Published 2020)
Important mysteries have been solved about a reptile with a giraffe-like neck that hunted prey 242 million years ago. Nearly 250 million years ago, a very odd reptile patrolled the shorelines and coves of the Triassic Alps. Called Tanystropheus, it had a toothy head and a body echoing that of modern …
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