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Luopingosaurus

Naam beteken: “Luoping lizard”1

Het geëet: VisSeereptieleMiddel-TriasTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Luopingosaurus was a small marine reptile that swam in the seas of China about 244 million years ago. It had a long snout and used suction to catch its food. It was not a dinosaur, but a relative of plesiosaurs.2 1

Prettige feit: hierdie seereptiel het geswem terwyl dinosourusse op land geloop het. Almal noem hulle dino's, maar hulle was 'n ander tak van die reptiele.

Het geleef

244 tot 243 miljoen jaar gelede3

Middel-Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China1 2

Lengte

0,64 m (2,1 ft)2

Topspoed

omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 4 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 36 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Luopingosaurus vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

Luopingosaurus omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Luopingosaurus had a very long snout, making up 55% of its skull length. This was unusual for its family, which usually had short snouts.2

It had extra finger bones, a condition called hyperphalangy. Its fingers had the formula 2 to 3-5 to 5-3, and its toes had 2 to 3-4 to 6-4.2

Luopingosaurus had 21 neck vertebrae and 27 back vertebrae, which is more than other pachypleurosaurids.2

It had rod-like hyoid bones in its throat. These bones helped create suction to pull prey into its mouth.2

Luopingosaurus lived about 244 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic period. This was about 8 million years after the great end-Permian mass extinction.2

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton, missing only the tip of the tail. It was found in a slab of limestone.2 1

KI-prent van Luopingosaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Luopingosaurus dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

Mite-breker

Mite: Luopingosaurus was a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Luopingosaurus was a marine reptile called a pachypleurosaurid, part of the group Sauropterygia. It was not a dinosaur.1 3

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Luopingosaurus
Benoem deur: Xu et al. 20233
Groep: Seereptiele
Familie / klade: Pachypleurosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Sauropterygia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 244 tot 243 miljoen jaar ()3
Rotsformasies: Guanling3
Lande: China3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: The fossil was found in Luoping County, Yunnan, China, in rocks of the Guanling Formation. It was named by Xu and colleagues in 2023.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating how Luopingosaurus and other pachypleurosaurids are related to each other and to other marine reptiles. The exact family tree is not fully agreed upon.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Luopingosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new long-snouted marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of China illuminates pachypleurosauroid evolution | Scientific Reports (preview-www.nature.com)
Luopingosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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