Vertebrae

In conjunction with their long, S-shaped necks, early archosauromorphs had

several adaptations of the cervical (neck) vertebrae, and usually the first
few dorsal (back) vertebrae as well. The centrum (main body) of each
vertebra is parallelogram-shaped, with a front surface typically positioned
higher than the rear surface.[2] The transverse processes (rib facets) of these
vertebrae extend outwards to a greater extent than in other early reptiles. In
many long-necked archosauromorphs, the rib facets are slanted, connecting
to cervical ribs that are often long, thin, and dichocephalous (two-headed).
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Thin, plate-like ridges known as laminae develop to connect the vertebral

components, sloping down from the elongated transverse processes to the
centra. Laminae are practically unique to archosauromorphs, being present
even in the earliest Permian genera such as Aenigmastropheus and 
Eorasaurus. However, they are also known to occur in the bizarre
semiaquatic reptile Helveticosaurus,[3] as well as the biarmosuchian synapsid
 Hipposaurus.[16] In all adult archosauromorphs with the exception
of Aenigmastropheus, the vertebrae lack notochordal canals, holes which
perforate the centra. This also sets the archosauromorphs apart from most
other Permian and Triassic reptiles.[7][3]