retains a relatively primitive structure

with an estimated age of around 165 million years

capable of venturing into waters up to approximately two meters deep to capture fish

adapted to withstand high mechanical forces during biting

Its wide body

Tanystropheus longobardicus Silesaurus retains a relatively primitive structureDuring the Middle Triassic, the coastal ecosystems of the supercontinent Pangaea hosted a diverse and, in many cases, morphologically unusual reptilian fauna. Prominent among these forms is Tanystropheus longobardicus , a basal archosauromorph whose unique anatomy has been the subject of extensive paleobiological and functional debate. This reptile is mainly characterized by an extremely elongated neck composed of disproportionately long cervical