which would have favored the evolution of large herbivores capable of traveling long distances in search of food

with an estimated age of around 165 million years

Its jaws were equipped with multiple rows of constantly renewing teeth

and the skull structure indicates powerful masticatory musculature that enhanced its feeding efficiency

but for a longer period of time than the latter

Tanystropheus longobardicus Silesaurus which would have favored theDuring 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