Longest ever necked dinosaur discovered in China (1 Viewer)

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Longest ever necked dinosaur discovered in China | Natural History Museum

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A sauropod from China may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur.

The discovery was made three decades after the species was first uncovered as scientists try to understand more about how sauropods evolved in what is now eastern Asia.

Around 160 million years ago, towards the later part of the Jurassic Period, a peculiar type of dinosaur roamed the landscape of China.

Sauropods are well-known for their long necks, but Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum towered above the landscape with an abnormally long neck measuring up to 15 metres.
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My dinosaur has a longer neck than your dinosaur.

 

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Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

I'll buy a longneck beer for anyone who can actually pronounce that lol.

 

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That's alot of neck! Damn near 50 ft, when a giraffe hits around 7 for comparison. And a 'look' says a 6 ft neck is around 600 lbs.

"...allowing them to consume a lot of food in the immediate area around them without spending too much energy moving about."

How about the energy to hold that neck up and swing it about!
And If that artistic rendering happened to be accurate, they forgot the counter weights on the hind end.

Just wonder how 'spot on' they are with what they have to work with and comparisons?
Though, sure they have plenty of comparisons across the board to say 'in relation to this and this and this, and the known facts there, we can deduce..'

But I have to put a bit of archeology in the same "Are you sure?...." file as some of the 'mysteries of the universe' theories.

I was rather fascinated by the pyramids and such when I was younger. Still am. But it's seemed rather stale for a time.
They have theories, but where's the vertebrae?

Been waiting 30+ years on how they were constructed and purpose of aspects of the interior. Theories abound!

FIRED!!

 

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Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

I'll buy a longneck beer for anyone who can actually pronounce that lol.

Ma'am-en-chea-sore-us sin-o-can-ad-or-um.

Just a Heineken.. Don't make longnecks.

 

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Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

Ma'am-en-chea-sore-us sin-o-can-ad-or-um.

Just a Heineken.. Don't make longnecks.

They do exist, but are extinct in the U.S.

 

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They do exist, but are extinct in the U.S.

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Dammit! I knew I was going to be wrong as soon as I typed it and was to lazy to do the research!
I was pressed for .00006 seconds!
Well **** me with a 15 meter Maamachuriensinoutourus neck!

 

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That's alot of neck! Damn near 50 ft, when a giraffe hits around 7 for comparison. And a 'look' says a 6 ft neck is around 600 lbs.


How about the energy to hold that neck up and swing it about!
And If that artistic rendering happened to be accurate, they forgot the counter weights on the hind end.

Just wonder how 'spot on' they are with what they have to work with and comparisons?
Though, sure they have plenty of comparisons across the board to say 'in relation to this and this and this, and the known facts there, we can deduce..'

But I have to put a bit of archeology in the same "Are you sure?...." file as some of the 'mysteries of the universe' theories.

I was rather fascinated by the pyramids and such when I was younger. Still am. But it's seemed rather stale for a time.
They have theories, but where's the vertebrae?

Been waiting 30+ years on how they were constructed and purpose of aspects of the interior. Theories abound!

FIRED!!

As you can see in the attached pictorial of the cervical (neck vertebrae) of another long-necked sauropod, the individual vertebrae are sculpted to result in minimum weight + maximum strength to support their very long & heavy necks & small skulls. Evolution at work fitting these unique animals to prosper in difficult environments.