Dinosaur had the longest neck in the world

A dinosaur which roamed additives of the sector a hundred and sixty million years in the past is concept to have had the longest neck ever seen in an animal, in keeping with scientists.

known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, the dinosaur's neck measured 15.1 metres - six instances longer than the necks of giraffes and 1.five instances the duration of a double-decker bus.

The animal belongs to a subgroup of dinosaurs called sauropods, which is probably recognised for their big length, prolonged neck and tail, 4-legged stance and plant-consuming diet.

Dippy - the famous dinosaur on show at the herbal history Museum in London - belongs to this institution.

Dr Andrew J Moore, a palaeontologist at Stony Brook university, the big apple, stated: "With a fifteen-metre-lengthy neck, it looks like Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum might be a record-holder - at least until a few element longer is determined."

The M. sinocanadorum roamed east Asia and its fossils were first determined in China in 1987 inner 162-million-three hundred and sixty five days-antique rocks.

Dr Moore and his colleagues re-tested the specimens as part of their research into the dinosaurs.

even though M. sinocanadorum is thought simplest from a handful of bones from the neck and skull, scientists were capable of reconstruct its length and shape with assist from whole skeletons of its closest cherished ones.

Dr Moore said: "All sauropods were big however jaw-droppingly lengthy necks didn't evolve simply once.

"Mamenchisaurids are vital due to the fact they driven the boundaries on how long a neck can be and had been the number one lineage of sauropods to obtain this."

The paleontologists used a way referred to as computed-tomography scanning which found out the vertebrae - returned bones - of M. sinocanadorum were light-weight and hole with air areas taking up almost 3-quarters of the extent.

in step with the researchers, the ones forms of bones are normally visible in small birds.

To capture up on its light-weight bones, M. sinocanadorum had rod-like ribs inside the neck about 4 metres lengthy to assist with its stability, the institution said.

the largest dinosaur to have lived was the Patagotitan mayorum, which have become perception to be 37.5 metres lengthy and weighed approximately fifty seven tonnes.

The studies is published in the magazine of Systematic Palaeontology.