[ Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum and its ecosystem, illustrated by Júlia d'Oliveira. ]
“The longest-necked dinosaur on record was a Jurassic beast with a 49.5-foot-long (15.1 meters) neck, a new study finds.
That's more than six times the length of a giraffe's neck and about 10 feet (3 m) longer than the length of a school bus. This long-necked sauropod, known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, lived about 162 million years ago during the Jurassic period in what is now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwestern China, according to the study, published Wednesday (March 15) in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
"The long neck of Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, like those of other sauropods, would have made the animal an efficient forager, able to graze on the huge volumes of browse necessary to fuel such a huge body before moving to the next vegetation-rich spot," study first author Andrew Moore (opens in new tab), a paleontologist at Stony Brook University in New York, told Live Science in an email.
Researchers discovered M. sinocanadorum's fossils in 1987, but they didn't find much — only a jaw bone and some neck vertebrae and neck ribs. However, these were enough to tell paleontologists a lot about the long-dead dino. "All sauropods had long necks, but mamenchisaurids were standouts, with some of the most extreme neck proportions of anything in the history of terrestrial life," Moore said.”
Read more: Longest dinosaur neck ever stretched further than a school bus at 49 feet long by Laura Geggel.
I never grew out of my dinosaur phase. My goal in life is to be a palaeontologist. Fuck you to everyone who said I won't succeed.
Dinosaurs are so underrated. There were unimaginably huge animals that roamed this planet before we existed and people don't seem to appreciate them for what they really were.
Does no-one know?? How unimaginably insane?? That is????
Prehistoric Planet season 2 has officially been announced!
“Prehistoric Planet will be back for a second season. Apple TV+ has renewed the award-winning natural history series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth). Narrated by David Attenborough, the five-episode second season will premiere globally in a five-day week-long event beginning May 22 on Apple TV+.”
Just some silly idea that popped into my head so I drew it. The dinosaur is a dromaeosaurid but exact species is unclear. I know the anatomy terrible but this was just a quick fun drawing, so I didn't take it so seriously.