At first, scientists mistook the species for flying reptiles, due to their extremely elongated neck bones. Only later did they realize that the vertebrae framed a neck so long that it looked like evolution was trying to create a cartoon.
Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news, a strange marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs, has puzzled paleontologists since its discovery in the mid-1800s. -year-old question: Wasn’t such a long and awkward neck a liability?species was all neck: Of its 20 feet of length, including the tail, 10 feet of it was neck, which was three times the length of the torso. It also had 13 elongated vertebrae that held the proud column together.
of this scenario that showed an ichthyosaur chomping onto a long-necked, water-dwelling plesiosaur that resembles a
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