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Luskhan

Izina risobanura: “water spirit chief”1

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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

Akantu gashimishije: iki gikururanda cyo mu nyanja cyogaga mu gihe dinozore zagendaga ku butaka. Bose bakita dinozore, ariko cyari mu rindi shami ry'ibikururanda.

Yabayeho

hashize imyaka miliyoni 133 kugeza 1264

Kiretase ya mbere

Ibisigazwa byabonetse muri

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

Uburebure

6,5 m (21 ft)1 2

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

nka 26 km/h (16 mph)

Koga, igereranya

Yabayeho ryari?

Triyasike

Jurasike

Kiretase

Hashize miliyoni 252 z'imyaka20114566, asiteroyide

Yanganaga ite?

Yari ndende ite?

ndende nk'imbwa 6 zikurikiranyendende nk'imineke 36 ikurikiranyeyashoboraga koga uburebure bwa pisine nini (50 m) mu masegonda 6,9

Luskhan yanganaga ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ibarirwa muri mushakisha yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihutaga ite?

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru nka 5 km/h (3 mph)

Umwana ku igare nka 12 km/h (7 mph)

Luskhan nka 26 km/h (16 mph)

Ifarashi yiruka cyane nka 65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwe yihuta cyane nka 100 km/h (62 mph)

utuntu twiza cyane

Utuntu dushimishije

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

Ishusho ya Luskhan yakozwe na AI — Ishusho yakozwe na AI yerekana uko Luskhan ishobora kuba yari isa, yakozwe na mudasobwa hashingiwe ku byo abahanga bazi. Ni ugukeka gusa: inyamaswa nyayo ishobora kuba yari isa ukundi, kandi nta muntu uzi amabara yayo nyayo.

wabajije

Ibibazo bibazwa cyane kuri 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

Ku bazobereye muri dinozore

Izina rya siyansi: Luskhan
Yiswe na: Fischer et al. 20174
Itsinda: Plesiyozore
Umuryango / ishami: Pliosauridae4
Ishyirwa mu byiciro: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Imyaka y'amabuye: imyaka miliyoni 133 kugeza 126 (Hauterivian)4
Ibihugu: Uburusiya4
Ibisigazwa byanditswe: 1 muri The Paleobiology Database4
Ivumburwa: 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
Biracyagibwaho impaka: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Luskhan grew, because no complete length estimate has been published.1

Aho amakuru yakuwe

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): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.

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