恐龍卡第 0058 張，共 2 027 張

Albalophosaurus

名字的意思： “white crest lizard”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀早期

Albalophosaurus was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Japan during the Early Cretaceous. It had a beak and cheek teeth for chewing tough plants. Scientists are not sure if it was a horned dinosaur or a relative of duck-billed dinosaurs.1 5

生存年代

126 到 121 百萬年前5

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Kaseki-kabe, Shiramine, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan5 1

長度

1.3 m (4.3 ft)3

體重

10 kg (22 lb)4

高度

0.53 m (1.7 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 28 公里（17 英里）

跑步, 估計值

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？

估計值

牠有多重？

跟 2.5 隻家貓一樣重

跟 2.5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 7 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 83 根香蕉一樣重能在 13 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Albalophosaurus 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)

Albalophosaurus 時速約 28 公里 (17 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

Albalophosaurus is known from only one partial skull and lower jaw, found in 1997 by Yoshinori Kobayashi.1

The name Albalophosaurus means 'white crest lizard' and refers to the snow-covered peak of Mount Hakusan in Japan.1

The exact age of the rocks where Albalophosaurus was found is uncertain, but they are likely from the Valanginian to Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous, about 136 to 130 million years ago.1

Scientists disagree on whether Albalophosaurus was a ceratopsian (horned dinosaur) or a relative of ornithopods (duck-billed dinosaurs).1

The holotype specimen is thought to be from a juvenile individual because the skull bones are not fully fused.1

Albalophosaurus was a ground-dwelling herbivore that lived in a forested environment alongside other dinosaurs, turtles, and fish.2 1

Albalophosaurus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Albalophosaurus 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 Albalophosaurus 最常被問的問題

?How big was Albalophosaurus?

About 1.3 metres long (4.3 feet) and its skull was about 10 centimetres long (4 inches). That is about the size of a large dog.3

?What did Albalophosaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. It had a beak and cheek teeth for chewing tough plants, and its teeth had ridges and tiny serrations for grinding food.1 3

?When did Albalophosaurus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 136 to 130 million years ago (Valanginian to Hauterivian stages). The exact age is uncertain because there are no index fossils.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Albalophosaurus
命名者: Ohashi and Barrett 20095
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsia5
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia5
岩石的年代: 126 到 121 百萬年 (Barremian)5
岩層: Kuwajima5
國家: 日本5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Albalophosaurus was named in 2009 by T. Ohashi and P. M. Barrett based on a partial skull found in 1997 in the Kuwajima Formation of Japan. The species name honors Ichio Yamaguchi and Mikiko Yamaguchi, who helped collect fossils at the site.1 5
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Albalophosaurus was a ceratopsian (horned dinosaur), a pachycephalosaurian, or something else entirely.1