Stock image of a styxosaurus, a plesiosaur of the Cretaceous era. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. Tanystropheus, on the other hand, had extremely long and thin neck vertebrae that were internally hollow.

A plant-eating sauropod that lumbered around what’s now China some 162 million years ago had a nearly 49.5-foot-long neck — about 10 feet longer than a typical school bus and the longest of ...

A plant-eating sauropod that lumbered around what’s now China some 162 million years ago had a nearly 49.5-foot-long neck — about 10 feet longer than a typical school bus and the longest of ...

Plesiosaurs evolved around 40 million years later, but likely inspired the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. ... [Related: This ancient reptile had a super long neck to sneak up on unsuspecting fish.] ...

A rendering of Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum dinosaurs with their 50-foot-long necks. Júlia d’Oliveira. A dinosaur that roamed East Asia 162 million years ago had an impressive, 50-foot-long ...

Food drove the evolution of giraffes' long neck Date: June 3, 2024 ... Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin suggested that giraffes' long necks evolved to help them reach leaves high up in a tree, ...