New Long-Necked, Gliding Reptile

["T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>]

See: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-120382

"With a head an inch in length and a neck 2 inches long, Fraser said,
the creature called Mecistotrachelos apeoros might be the ancestor of
the extinct species Tanystropheus, an animal with a 6-foot-long neck
whose fossil remains were found in Sweden.

"'It's a really bizarre species,' Fraser said. 'It's not related to
any other species from the dinosaur period. We are still finding out
information.'"

Full-size image here:
http://www.newswise.com/images/uploads/2007/06/11/fullsize/Fraser_6_6_07.jpg

Very cool!
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Mike Keesey