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terrestrial and
aquatic forms.
While some
tanystropheids were
small lizard-like animals,
other tanystropheids such as
Tanystropheus were
large animals...
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polyphyletic grouping of
various long-necked
reptiles including Protorosaurus,
tanystropheids, and Prolacerta.
Other groups including pantestudines (turtles and their...
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sister taxon to Tanytrachelos, a much
smaller tanystropheid from Virginia.
Another small tanystropheid,
Cosesaurus from Spain, is
allied with the Tanystropheus...
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Luxisaurus (meaning "Luxi lizard") is an
extinct genus of
tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile from the
Middle Tri****ic (Anisian)
Guanling Formation...
- protorosaurs,
which is
likely a
paraphyletic group rather than a true clade.
Tanystropheids were a
family of
protorosaurs which elevated their neck size to extremes...
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particularly basal tanystropheids such as Macrocnemus. However, it is
uncertain whether Elessaurus was a
particularly close relative of
tanystropheids, and it might...
- discovery.
Gracilicollum was a medium-sized
tanystropheid. It
demonstrates similarities to
tanystropheids and dinocephalosaurids, both of
which have proportionately...
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geological formation in
Italy (Cene and Endenna [it]).
Pterosaurs and
Tanystropheids have been
recovered in this formation.
Aetosaurus ferratus Drepanosaurus...
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Fuyuansaurus F.
acutirostris A "protorosaur" archosauromorph,
possibly a
tanystropheid Glyphoderma G.
kangi A
placochelyid placodont Guizhouichthyosaurus G...
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relatives the
tanystropheids, they were "protorosaur"-grade
archosauromorphs characterized by
their long necks.
Unlike tanystropheids,
which lengthen...
