Its wide body

adapted to withstand high mechanical forces during biting

but for a longer period of time than the latter

Cameroceras 's head likely housed a set of muscular tentacles with primitive suckers or hooks

with an estimated age of around 165 million years

Tanystropheus longobardicus Silesaurus Its wide bodyDuring 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