Definition of Tanystropheids. Meaning of Tanystropheids. Synonyms of Tanystropheids

- terrestrial and aquatic forms. While some tanystropheids were small lizard-like animals, other tanystropheids such as Tanystropheus were large animals...
- polyphyletic grouping of various long-necked reptiles including Protorosaurus, tanystropheids, and Prolacerta. Other groups including pantestudines (turtles and their...
- long-necked tanystropheid from the Middle Tri****ic Moenkopi Formation (Anisian) provides insights into the ecology and biogeography of tanystropheids". Palaeontologia...
- be a polyphyletic or paraphyletic taxon. Protorosaurus, Macrocnemus, tanystropheids, and various other protorosaurs are usually placed near the base of...
- protorosaurs, which is likely a paraphyletic group rather than a true clade. Tanystropheids were a family of protorosaurs which elevated their neck size to extremes...
- particularly basal tanystropheids such as Macrocnemus. However, it is uncertain whether Elessaurus was a particularly close relative of tanystropheids, and it might...
- by both Prolacerta and tanystropheids. Boreopricea shared certain adaptations of the hands and feet with only tanystropheids, yet the shape of its sca****...
- Jesairosaurus lehmani. Although a potential relative of the long-necked tanystropheids, this lightly-built reptile could instead be characterized by its relatively...
- Unlike other long-necked protorosaurs (which form a group known as the tanystropheids), Dinocephalosaurus convergently evolved a long neck not through elongation...
- (rauisuchids) having died out. Phytosaurs, drepanosaurs, trilophosaurids, tanystropheids, and procolophonids, which were other common reptiles in the Late Tri****ic...