adapted to withstand high mechanical forces during biting

including early humans

Its wide body

which would have favored the evolution of large herbivores capable of traveling long distances in search of food

and the skull structure indicates powerful masticatory musculature that enhanced its feeding efficiency

Tanystropheus longobardicus Silesaurus adapted to withstand high mechanicalDuring 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