Azhdarchid pterosaurs, the giant reptiles that flew in the skies nearly 65 million years ago, had necks longer than that of a giraffe (on average a giraffe\u2019s neck is about 6 feet long).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, researchers have reported a new finding about their long necks \u2014 that the thin neck vertebrae were supported by an intricate internal structure that is unlike anything seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pterosaurs are reptiles that are close cousins of dinosaurs, the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pterosaurs went extinct about 65-66 million years ago (end of the Cretaceous period).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azhdarchid pterosaurs are one type of pterosaur and one of the distinguishing characteristics about them is how big they were, especially their long necks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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