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Apatoraptor

名字的意思： “deceptive thief”1

吃：每樣都來一點奇特的羽毛恐龍白堊紀晚期

Apatoraptor was a toothless, feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now Alberta, Canada. It had long wings covered in feathers, but it could not fly. Instead, it probably used its flashy wings to show off and attract mates.1

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada4 2

長度

2 m (6.6 ft)3

體重

180 kg (397 lb)3

高度

0.82 m (2.7 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 47 公里（29 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 9 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 11 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 36 顆西瓜一樣重跟 9 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 6 個小學生一樣重能在 7.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Apatoraptor 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)

Apatoraptor 時速約 47 公里 (29 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

Apatoraptor had no teeth. Its beak was toothless, like a bird's.2

Its name means 'deceptive thief' because its skeleton was mistaken for a different kind of dinosaur for many years.1

The fossil was found in 1993 but sat on a shelf for 15 years before scientists realized it was something new.1

Apatoraptor had pits on its arm bones that show it had feathers on its wings. These wings were probably used for display, not flight.1

It is one of the most complete caenagnathid skeletons ever found in Alberta, with many bones still in their original positions.1

Apatoraptor lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago.4

Its neck was long and made of at least 11 vertebrae, and its ribs had finger-like extensions called uncinate processes.2

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

?How big was Apatoraptor?

It was about 2 metres long and weighed around 180 kilograms, which is larger than a human.3

?Could Apatoraptor fly?

No. It had long wings covered in feathers, but it was too heavy to fly. It used its wings for display instead.3

?When did Apatoraptor live?

It lived about 70 million years ago, during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Alberta, Canada.3

迷思破解王

迷思： Apatoraptor could fly because it had feathered wings.

真相： Apatoraptor had wings with feathers, but they were too small and weak for flight. They were probably used to show off to other dinosaurs.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Apatoraptor
命名者: Funston and Currie 20164
類群: 奇特的羽毛恐龍
科 / 演化支: Caenagnathidae4
分類: Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Horseshoe Canyon4
國家: 加拿大4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Apatoraptor was named in 2016 by Gregory Funston and Philip Currie. The skeleton was found in 1993 in Alberta, Canada, but was mistaken for a different dinosaur until it was prepared years later.4 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how Apatoraptor and other caenagnathids are related to each other. This skeleton helped clear up some of those relationships.2