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This massive ancient lizard had a neck that defies explanation – BGR

Researchers have pieced together the bones and the life of an ancient species of lizard that had an incredibly long neck. Tanystropheus hydroides had a neck that took up almost half its body length, and it may have given the animal many advantages. The lizard…

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  • Researchers have pieced together the bones and the life of an ancient species of lizard that had an incredibly long neck.
  • Tanystropheus hydroides had a neck that took up almost half its body length, and it may have given the animal many advantages.
  • The lizard likely lived in the water and hunted animals along the shore or snatched fish with its long jaws.

Dinosaurs can be pretty weird. Finding fossils from a creature that lived millions of years ago often re…

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