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Abrosaurus

名字的意思： “delicate lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀中期到侏羅紀晚期

Abrosaurus was a small, gentle giant that lived in what is now China during the Middle Jurassic. It had a delicate skull with big holes and a tall bony arch on its head that held its nostrils. Like other sauropods, it walked on four legs and ate plants.1

生存年代

171 到 155 百萬年前5

侏羅紀中期到侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Dashanpu Quarry, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China1 3

長度

最多 9.1 m (30 ft)1

體重

最多 4.4 公噸 (9,700 lb)4

高度

2.3 m (7.5 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 19 公里（12 英里）

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牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

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牠有多重？

跟 3 台汽車一樣重

跟 2 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 51 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 220 隻狗一樣重跟 880 顆西瓜一樣重跟 6 整班小學生一樣重跟 10 隻北極熊一樣重能在 19 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Abrosaurus 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Abrosaurus 時速約 19 公里 (12 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

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趣味知識

Abrosaurus is known from a nearly complete skull, which is very rare for sauropods.1

Its name means 'delicate lizard' because its skull had large openings separated by thin, bony struts.1

Abrosaurus lived about 168 to 161 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic.1

It was one of the smallest sauropods, reaching only about 9.1 meters (30 feet) long.1

The species name A. dongpoi honors the Chinese poet Su Dongpo, who was born in Sichuan.1

Abrosaurus had a boxy head with a tall bony arch on top that held its nostrils.1

Abrosaurus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Abrosaurus 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Abrosaurus 最常被問的問題

?How big was Abrosaurus?

About 9.1 metres (30 feet) long. That is small for a sauropod.1

?What did Abrosaurus eat?

It ate plants. Like most sauropods, Abrosaurus was a herbivore.1 5

?When did Abrosaurus live?

It lived during the Middle Jurassic Period, about 168 to 161 million years ago.1

?Why is it called Abrosaurus?

Its name means 'delicate lizard' because its skull had large openings separated by thin, bony struts.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Abrosaurus
命名者: Ouyang 19895
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Mamenchisauridae5
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda5
岩石的年代: 171 到 155 百萬年 (Bajocian / Oxfordian)5
岩層: Shaximiao5
國家: 中國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Abrosaurus was discovered in 1984 at the Dashanpu Quarry in China. It was first described by Chinese paleontologist Ouyang Hui in 1989, who named the type species A. dongpoensis (later corrected to A. dongpoi).1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Abrosaurus fits in the sauropod family tree, because its skeleton has not been fully described.1