What is Tanystropheus?
{{Taxobox | name = Tanystropheus | fossil_range = Middle [[Triassic]] | status = Fossil | image = | image_width = 250px | image_caption = An drawing of a Tanystropheus | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | ordo = [[Prolacertiformes]] | familia = [[Tanystrophidae]] | genus = '''''Tanystropheus''''' | genus_authority = Meyer, [[1855]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = * ''T. meridensis'' * ''T. longobardicus'' * ''T. conspicuus'' }} '''''Tanystropheus''''' is a long [[neck]]ed [[Reptilian (1999 movie)|reptillian]] animal that lived in the Middle [[Triassic]] period. The main feature that stands out about it is its very long neck. [[Fossil]]s of it have been found in [[Europe]], [[Arizona]] and [[Asia]]. Its habitat was probably both on [[land]] and [[sea]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:reptiles]] [[Category:Extinct species]] [[Category:Triassic]] [[Category:Mesozoic]]