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Luskhan

Tur bi mooy: “water spirit chief”1

Lekkoon: YàppPlesiyosoor yiKretase bu jëkkCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

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

Xibaar bu neex: reptil bu géej bii dafa daan féey ci jamono yi dinosoor yi daan dox ci suuf. Ñépp dañu leen di wooye dino, waaye beneen caru reptil lañu woon.

Dundoon

am na 133 ba 126 milyoŋ at4

Kretase bu jëkk

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

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

Guddaay

6,5 m (21 ft)1 2

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 26 km/h (16 mph)

Féey, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas

Jurasik

Kretase

Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

gudd ni 6 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 36 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalemënoon na féey guddaayu pisin bu mag (50 m) ci 6,9 segond

Naka la Luskhan réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?

Ay kalkil rekk ci sa navigatëer. Dara du ñu denc, dara du ñu yónne fenn.

Naka la gaawoon?

Nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3 mph)

Xale bu nekk ci welo lu tollu ci 12 km/h (7 mph)

Luskhan lu tollu ci 26 km/h (16 mph)

Fas buy daw bu gaaw lu tollu ci 65 km/h (40 mph)

Segg bu gaaw lu tollu ci 100 km/h (62 mph)

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

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

Nataalu Luskhan bu ñu def ak IA — Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Luskhan mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.

yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci 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

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Luskhan
Ku ko tudde: Fischer et al. 20174
Kurél: Plesiyosoor yi
Njaboot / klad: Pliosauridae4
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Màggaayu doj yi: 133 ba 126 milyoŋ at (Hauterivian)4
Réew yi: Riisi4
Fosil yu ñu gis: 1 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Gisees: 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
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Luskhan grew, because no complete length estimate has been published.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

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): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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