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Luskhan

Naam beteken: “water spirit chief”1

Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseVroeë KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Luskhan was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the ancient seas of what is now Russia. It had a long, slender snout and small teeth, perfect for catching soft, squishy prey like squid. Unlike many other pliosaurs, Luskhan was not a giant apex predator but a specialized hunter of small animals.1 2

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

133 tot 126 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Ulyanovsk region, western Russia, on the right bank of the Volga River1 2

Lengte

6,5 m (21 ft)1 2

Topspoed

omtrent 26 km/h (16 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 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 36 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 6,9 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Luskhan 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)

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

Luskhan omtrent 26 km/h (16 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Luskhan is known from a nearly complete, three-dimensionally preserved skeleton, which is rare for pliosaurids.1 2

Its name comes from Mongolian and Turkic mythology: 'luus' means water spirit and 'khan' means chief.1

Luskhan lived about 128 million years ago, during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous.1

Unlike most other pliosaurs, Luskhan had a long, slender snout and small teeth, similar to the distantly related polycotylid plesiosaurs.1 2

Luskhan evolved its fish-eating features independently from polycotylids, more than 10 million years later.1

The only known specimen was discovered in 2002 by Russian paleontologist Gleb N. Uspensky on the banks of the Volga River.1

Luskhan is an early-diverging brachauchenine, meaning it shows a mix of traits from earlier and later pliosaurs.1 2

KI-prent van Luskhan — 'n KI-prent van hoe Luskhan 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.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Luskhan

?How big was Luskhan?

Luskhan was about 6.5 metres (21 feet) long, which is roughly the length of a large boat.1

?What did Luskhan eat?

Luskhan ate small, soft prey like squid. Its slender snout and small teeth were perfect for catching soft animals, not large prey.1 3

?Was Luskhan a dinosaur?

No, Luskhan was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Luskhan
Benoem deur: Fischer et al. 20174
Groep: Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade: Pliosauridae4
Klassifikasie: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 133 tot 126 miljoen jaar (Hauterivian)4
Lande: Rusland4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Luskhan was named in 2017 by a team led by Valentin Fischer, based on a skeleton found in 2002 by Gleb N. Uspensky in western Russia.1 4
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Luskhan grew, because no complete length estimate has been published.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Luskhan (en.wikipedia.org)
Anatomy and relationships of the bizarre Early Cretaceous pliosaurid Luskhan itilensis | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | Oxford Academic (academic.oup.com)
Plasticity and Convergence in the Evolution of Short-Necked Plesiosaurs: Current Biology (cell.com)
Luskhan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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