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Qianlong shouhu

23rd November, 2023

Qianlong shouhu

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Context

  • Researchers in China have discovered a previously unknown dinosaur species alongside dozens of its unhatched eggs.
  • The newly identified species has been named Qianlong shouhu.

Details

  • Qianlong shouhu, belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as sauropodomorphs, which contains sauropods and their
  • These dinosaurs could grow to colossal sizes and they walked on four legs.
  • They are characterized by their very long necks, long tails, small heads and thick legs.
  • Qianlong shouhu was a medium-sized sauropodomorph that measured roughly 20 feet in length and likely weighed 1 ton.
  • They also found around 50 fossilized eggs of the same species that contained the skeletal remains of the embryos inside them.
  • The Chinese researchers analyzed the eggs and said that they were elliptical in shape and relatively small.
  • They also revealed that the eggshells may have had a texture similar to leather.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Recently, Qianlong shouhu was in the news. What is it?

1.  Sauropodomorphs

2.  Desert locusts

3.  Short-horned grasshoppers

4.    Cycads

Choose the correct code.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer 

Option 1. A