Longisquama is a lizard enemy found on the Untold series.
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| - Longisquama is a lizard enemy found on the Untold series.
- thumb|300pxA lo largo de la espalda, el Longisquama tenía dos estructuras con diez apófisis paralelas y plegables que sobrepasaban la longitud del cuerpo. Estaba soldadas a las vértebras dorsales y eran como unas astas que se ensanchaban con la altura y estaban ligeramente curvadas hacia atrás. Estos apéndices estaban cubierto de esquamas parecidas a plumas. Cuando las abría, se convertían en una especie de vela bastante grande, con la que planeaba de la misma forma que el actual dragón volador, y tras lanzarse, intentaba atrapar a los insectos al vuelo. Es posible que estos apéndices fueran también un mecanismo de protección contra lesiones causadas por las caídas desde los árboles. Se cree que este animal tenía una especie de plumaje cubriendo su cuerpo, por lo que se cree que era de san
- Longisquama means "long scales"; the specific name insignis refers to its small size. The Longisquama holotype is notable for a number of long structures that appear to grow from its skin. These structures have been interpreted as either primitive feathers suggesting Longisquama is a close relative of birds, or as feather-like structures that have evolved independently and do not indicate a close relationship with birds. Longisquama has been used in a heavily publicized debate on the origin of birds. To some, Longisquama is the gliding, cold-blooded, protobird predicted by Gerhard Heilmann's hypothetical "Proavis" in 1927, and it proves that birds are not dinosaurs. The current opinion is that Longisquama is an ambiguous diapsid and has no bearing on the origin of birds. All specimens of L
- Longisquama insignis (meaning "long scales", in reference to long structures that appear to grow from its skin) is the type species of a genus of extinct lizard-like reptile known from a poorly preserved and incomplete fossil. It lived during the Early Triassic Period, 240 million years ago, in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Longisquama was originally discovered by Russian paleontologist A. Sharov in 1969, and is known from a type fossil specimen; a crushed slab and counterslab (PIN 2548/4 and PIN 2584/5) on which only the front portion of the presumed thecodont is preserved, and five referred specimens of possible integumentary appendages (PIN 2584/7 through 9). The specimen is in the collection of the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The fossil was initial
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| - Artist's hypothetical restoration of Longisquama insignis.
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- Stretchy Feather, Cut Feathers
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- *L. insignis
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| - (Sharov, 1970)
- Longisquama
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| - A lizard with feather-like frills. Its tail can cause weakness if it catches you!
- A lizard with winglike fins along its back. The tail has a poisonous tip, so take care if you see one.
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- Pierce, Elemental Attacks, Instant Death, Blind
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| - Longisquama means "long scales"; the specific name insignis refers to its small size. The Longisquama holotype is notable for a number of long structures that appear to grow from its skin. These structures have been interpreted as either primitive feathers suggesting Longisquama is a close relative of birds, or as feather-like structures that have evolved independently and do not indicate a close relationship with birds. Longisquama has been used in a heavily publicized debate on the origin of birds. To some, Longisquama is the gliding, cold-blooded, protobird predicted by Gerhard Heilmann's hypothetical "Proavis" in 1927, and it proves that birds are not dinosaurs. The current opinion is that Longisquama is an ambiguous diapsid and has no bearing on the origin of birds. All specimens of Longisquama have feather-like structures projecting from the back. The holotype PIN 2584/4 is the only specimen preserving these appendages with an associated skeleton. It has 7 appendages radiating in a fan-like pattern, but their tips are not preserved. PIN 2584/9 preserves five complete appendages spaced close together. PIN 2584/6 preserves two long, curved appendage running side by side. Other specimens, such as PIN 2585/7 and FG 596/V/1 preserve only one appendage. These structures are long and narrow throughout most of their length, and angle backward near the tip to give the appearance of a hockey stick. The proximal straight section is divided into three longitudinal lobes: a smooth lobe on either side and a transversely ridged lobe running between them. The middle ridged lobe is made up of raised "rugae" and deep "interstices," which Sharov compared to rosary beads. The distal section is thought to be an extension of the middle and anterior lobes of the proximal section. While the anterior lobe widens in the distal section, the posterior lobe of the proximal section narrows until it ends at the base of the distal section. In addition, an "anterior flange" appears about two-thirds the way up the proximal section and continues to the tip of the distal section. Both lobes in the distal section are ridged and separated by a grooved axis. In some specimens, the rugae of either lobe in the distal section line up with each other, while in other specimens they do not. Some specimens have straight rugae projecting perpendicular to the axis, while others have rugae that curve in an S-shape. One specimen of Longisquama, PIN 2584/5, has small spines projecting from the axis of the distal section.[2] The holotype skeleton shows each structure attaching to a vertebral spine. These anchorage points are visible as raised knobs. The base of each appendage is slightly convex, unlike the flattened shape of the rest of the structure. The convex shape may be evidence that the base of each structure was tubular in life, anchoring like a bird feather or mammalian hair into a follicle. Moreover, the proximity of each structure to its corresponding vertebra suggests that a thick layer of soft tissue, possibly including a follicle, surrounded each base.[2]
- Longisquama is a lizard enemy found on the Untold series.
- Longisquama insignis (meaning "long scales", in reference to long structures that appear to grow from its skin) is the type species of a genus of extinct lizard-like reptile known from a poorly preserved and incomplete fossil. It lived during the Early Triassic Period, 240 million years ago, in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Longisquama was originally discovered by Russian paleontologist A. Sharov in 1969, and is known from a type fossil specimen; a crushed slab and counterslab (PIN 2548/4 and PIN 2584/5) on which only the front portion of the presumed thecodont is preserved, and five referred specimens of possible integumentary appendages (PIN 2584/7 through 9). The specimen is in the collection of the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The fossil was initially identified as having scales, not feathers, hence it's name. The fossil was then locked away in a drawer in the Orlov Museum until the fossil, along with several others, went on a traveling fossil show in 1999, and interest was re-ignited due to the creatures presumed feathers. Because of its supposed bird-like traits, Longisquama was at the center of the still-ongoing debate over whether birds evolved directly from dinosaurs. Longisquama has been interpreted differently by different researchers, and is at the center of a large and heavily publicized debate about the origin of birds and feathered dinosaurs, as well as whether or not Longisquama is an archosaur or not. Up until Terry Jones's 2000 paper, it was generally accepted that birds had evolved from some form of theropod dinosaur, likely during the Early Jurassic, temporarily uprooting the theory that Archaeopteryx was the world's earliest bird. To some, Longisquama is the gliding, cold-blooded, proto-bird predicted by Heilmann's hypothetical "Proavis" in 1927, and it proves that birds are not dinosaurs. To others it is an ambiguous diapsid preserved on a group of fern fronds and has no bearing on the origin of birds.
- thumb|300pxA lo largo de la espalda, el Longisquama tenía dos estructuras con diez apófisis paralelas y plegables que sobrepasaban la longitud del cuerpo. Estaba soldadas a las vértebras dorsales y eran como unas astas que se ensanchaban con la altura y estaban ligeramente curvadas hacia atrás. Estos apéndices estaban cubierto de esquamas parecidas a plumas. Cuando las abría, se convertían en una especie de vela bastante grande, con la que planeaba de la misma forma que el actual dragón volador, y tras lanzarse, intentaba atrapar a los insectos al vuelo. Es posible que estos apéndices fueran también un mecanismo de protección contra lesiones causadas por las caídas desde los árboles. Se cree que este animal tenía una especie de plumaje cubriendo su cuerpo, por lo que se cree que era de sangre caliente. Categoría:Reptiles Categoría:Reptiles voladores Categoría:Reptiles planeadores Categoría:Fauna del Triásico
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