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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Pre-historic long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators – study

Long-necked reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs may have been decapitated by predators, fossil evidence suggests.

While the marine creatures’ extremely long necks may have been an evolutionary strategy, palaeontologists long suspected that their long-necked bodies made them vulnerable to predators.

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