LENIN REVIVED
Phylum: Chordata
Class : Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Ophthalmosaurinae
Genus : Leninia
Species : Leninia stellans
Russian scientists have named the recently discovered Ichthyosaur fossil after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of Russia's communist revolution. The prehistoric reptile fossil has been named Leninia stellans. The 'Leninia' part indicates the genus, and the 'stellans' (meaning starry or brilliant) indicates the species.
Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) from 1917, and then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922, until his death on January 21, 1924.
Ichthyosaurs were large marine reptiles that are thought to have inhabited the Earth's oceans in the Mesozoic era - a period of time stretching from about 251 million years ago to about 65 million years ago.Though the name suggests so, Ichthyosaurs are not considered dinosaurs.
According to the Paleobiology Database, the fossil dates from around 125 or 122 million years ago. Scientists had discovered the incomplete skull near the village of Kriushi in the Sengileevsk region of Ulyanovsk.The skull was over a meter long.
Link: http://journals.cambridge.org
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Ophthalmosaurinae
Genus : Leninia
Species : Leninia stellans
Russian scientists have named the recently discovered Ichthyosaur fossil after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of Russia's communist revolution. The prehistoric reptile fossil has been named Leninia stellans. The 'Leninia' part indicates the genus, and the 'stellans' (meaning starry or brilliant) indicates the species.
Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) from 1917, and then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922, until his death on January 21, 1924.
Ichthyosaurs were large marine reptiles that are thought to have inhabited the Earth's oceans in the Mesozoic era - a period of time stretching from about 251 million years ago to about 65 million years ago.Though the name suggests so, Ichthyosaurs are not considered dinosaurs.
According to the Paleobiology Database, the fossil dates from around 125 or 122 million years ago. Scientists had discovered the incomplete skull near the village of Kriushi in the Sengileevsk region of Ulyanovsk.The skull was over a meter long.
Link: http://journals.cambridge.org
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