Tanystropheus
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Tanystropheus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America. It is recognizable by its extremely elongated neck, longer than
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Type vertebrae of "Tanystropheus conspicuus", described in 1855
The flattened single-cusped skull of PIMUZ T 2819, a large morphotype (T. hydroides) specimen
PIMUZ T 2793, a lower jaw and associated vertebrae of T. hydroides
Triassic
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The Triassic is a geologic period and a stratigraphic system that spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 Ma to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Ma. The Triassic
Tanystropheus
…Tanystropheus (Ancient Greek: τανυ~ 'long' + στροφευς 'hinged') is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America. It is recognizable by its extremely elongated neck, longer than the torso and tail combined. The neck is composed…
Early Triassic sandstone (Buntsandstein) near Stadtroda, Germany
Middle Triassic Muschelkalk (shell-bearing limestone) near Dörzbach, Germany
Late Triassic Steigerwald Formation and overlying Hassberge Formation in Schönbuch, Germany
Sydney, Australia lies on Triassic shales and sandstones. Almost all of the exposed rocks around Sydney belong to the Triassic Sydney sandstone.