| Tanystropheus | |
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Lived |
Late Triassic |
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Diet |
Carnivore |
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Type of Animal |
Aquatic Reptile |
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Size |
Six Meters |
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Weight |
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Top Speed |
Relatively quick |
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Bite Force |
Relatively weak |
Tanystropheus lived in the Triassic Period, and grew up to six metres long. Its most obvious feature was an enormously long neck.
Walking With Dinosaurs[]
Tanystropheus didn't appear in the original Walking With Dinosaurs series.
Specials[]
Tanystropheus featured in Sea Monsters and appeared in The Sixth Most Dangerous Sea, the Triassic of 230 Million Years Ago. However, the main hazards for this sea were Nothosaurus and Cymbospondylus. Tanystropheus was just a local inhabitant Nigel Marven happened to come across. Nigel manages to sneak up behind it and grab its tail, only for it to come off, like some lizards today.
It is memorably noted that Tanystropheus, has been evaluated by engineers and biologists to possess the longest possible neck length-to-overall length that is permissable under the Laws of Physics - so, if the neck was any longer in ratio with the rest of the body, the animal would simply not be able to exist realistically.
At 6 metres long, it is a bizarre shallow coastal water fish hunter of the Triassic Period, 230 Ma BP.