Clocking in at around 50 feet long, this sauropod may hold the title of longest neck ever discovered.
specimen to analyze, discovered in 1987 at a site in the Shishugou Formation in northwestern China. The skeleton only includes the front end of the neck, a rib, some skull bones, and a lower jaw.
So, how do you measure the entire length of a neck from just a few bones? Well, you have to find a similar species to compare it to. In 2012, thewas uncovered in China with an intact 43-foot-long neck. Using an “elementary bit of maths,” Barrett explained, the team was able to look at proportions of the relative’s vertebrae and scale up the incomplete skeleton. What they found was a specimen that could very well be a record-breaker.
But the team didn’t just figure out how long the dinosaur’s neck was—they prodded at the biomechanics of how such a body part could even exist. Using computer-tomography scanning, the authors found that the hollow vertebrae of the massive sauropod was around 69- to 77-percent air, which is similar to modern-day storks. The authors determined that to protect such a lightweight neck from getting hurt, the dinosaur had 13-foot-long rod-like cervical ribs on either side for stability.
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