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Luskhan

Il num vul dir: “water spirit chief”1

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

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

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 133 fin 126 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

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

Lunghezza

6,5 m (21 ft)1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 26 km/h (16 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 6 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 36 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,9 secundas

Quant grond era Luskhan 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)

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

Luskhan var 26 km/h (16 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Luskhan fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Luskhan 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.

tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart 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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Luskhan
Numnà da: Fischer et al. 20174
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Pliosauridae4
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 133 fin 126 milliuns onns (Hauterivian)4
Pajais: Russia4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Luskhan grew, because no complete length estimate has been published.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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

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