Luopingosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Luoping lizard”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils da marTriassic mesaunTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

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

Fatg divertent: quest reptil da mar nudava, entant ch'ils dinosaurs chaminavan sin terra. Tuts als numnan dinos, ma els eran in'autra rama dals reptils.

Viveva

avant 244 fin 243 milliuns onns3

Triassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China1 2

Lunghezza

0,64 m (2,1 ft)2

Spertadad maximala

var 5 km/h (3 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 36 secundas

Quant grond era Luopingosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

Luopingosaurus var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Luopingosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Luopingosaurus pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Luopingosaurus was a dinosaur.

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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Luopingosaurus
Numnà da: Xu et al. 20233
Gruppa: Reptils da mar
Famiglia / clada: Pachypleurosauridae3
Classificaziun: Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 244 fin 243 milliuns onns ()3
Formaziuns da crap: Guanling3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: 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

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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