Απ: New Long-Necked, Gliding Reptile

[Giorgos Georgalis <dimetrodon82@gmail.com>]

Permo-Triassic Faunas realy hide more and more surprises
I am looking forward to read more about Mecistotrachelos
and let's beleive in a greater Biodiversity and Occupation of
ecological niches, among Protorosauria and other primitive
Archosauromorpha

George

2007/6/12, 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!
> --
> Mike Keesey


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Georgalis Georgios
Vertebrate Palaeontology Researcher