Luopingosaurus

Igama lithetha: “Luoping lizard”1

Yayitya: IintlanziIzirhubuluzi zaselwandleiTriassic ephakathiNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

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

Inyani emnandi: esi sirhubuluzi saselwandle sasiqubha ngelixa iidayinaso zazihamba emhlabeni. Wonke umntu uzibiza ngokuba ziidayinaso, kodwa zazilisebe elahlukileyo lezirhubuluzi.

Yaphila

244 ukuya ku-243 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iTriassic ephakathi

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China1 2

Ubude

0.64 m (2.1 ft)2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

inde njengeebhanana ezingama-4 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-36

Luopingosaurus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Luopingosaurus malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

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

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Luopingosaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Luopingosaurus esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

Inyaniso ngeentsomi

Intsomi: Luopingosaurus was a dinosaur.

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

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Luopingosaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Xu et al. 20233
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi zaselwandle
Usapho / iclade: Pachypleurosauridae3
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 244 ukuya ku-243 izigidi zeminyaka ()3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Guanling3
Amazwe: iTshayina3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: 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
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: 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

Apho iinyani zivela khona

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): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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