Re: thoughts on Dinocephalosaurus (long)

["silvio.renesto" <silvio.renesto@uninsubria.it>]

Concerning the length of the neck in Tanystropheus:

> If anyone is interested in the topic: In Zuerich (Switzerland)  in the 
> Paleontologisches Institut und Museum  of the Zuerich University  (PIMUZ) 
> they have several specimens of many sizes, among which a fairly complete 
> one with a more than 2m long neck and about 1 m long trunk,  and they have 
> also some isolated cervical vertebrae which reach 25-28 cm in length.
Cheers


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