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Arambourgiania

名字的意思： “named after Camille Arambourg, a French paleontologist”4

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Arambourgiania was one of the biggest flying animals that ever lived. It was a pterosaur, not a dinosaur, and soared over ancient seas. It had a wingspan as wide as a small airplane!1

趣味小知識：翼龍在恐龍頭上飛來飛去，但牠們是恐龍的親戚，不是恐龍喔。

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Ruseifa phosphate mine, Jordan4

翼展

最多 12 m (39 ft)1

體重

180 kg 到 250 kg (397 到 551 lb)2

最高速度

時速約 97 公里（60 英里）

飛行, 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？

牠的翅膀有多寬？

牠有多重？

跟 12 隻狗一樣重

翅膀跟 2.5 台汽車排成一排一樣寬跟 50 顆西瓜一樣重跟 13 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 8 個小學生一樣重能在 3.9 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Arambourgiania 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)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

Arambourgiania 時速約 97 公里 (60 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

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

Its wingspan may have reached 12 meters (about 39 feet), making it as big as Quetzalcoatlus.1

Only a few bones of Arambourgiania have been found, including a neck vertebra.1

The first fossil was discovered in a phosphate mine in Jordan.4

It belongs to the family Azhdarchidae, a group of giant pterosaurs with long necks.4

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

?How big was Arambourgiania?

It was one of the largest flying animals ever, with a wingspan estimated at 10 to 12 meters (33 to 39 feet). Some studies suggest a wingspan of 8 to 10 meters (26 to 33 feet).1 2

?Was Arambourgiania a dinosaur?

No, it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.2

?What did Arambourgiania eat?

Scientists are not sure, but it likely ate fish or other small animals it could catch while flying or wading. Its fossils are found in ancient seas, so it may have eaten aquatic prey.2

?When did Arambourgiania live?

It lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period, about 72 to 66 million years ago.2

?Where was Arambourgiania found?

Its first fossil was discovered in a phosphate mine near Ruseifa, Jordan. Other possible remains have been found in the United States and Morocco.2

?Could Arambourgiania fly?

Yes, it was a flying reptile with hollow, lightweight bones and wings adapted for soaring, similar to modern soaring birds.3 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Arambourgiania was a dinosaur.

真相： Arambourgiania was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but was not a dinosaur.4

給恐龍專家

學名: Arambourgiania
命名者: Nessov et al. 19874
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Azhdarchidae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Phosphorite Unit4
國家: 約旦4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: The first fossil was described by Camille Arambourg in 1959, and the genus was named Arambourgiania by Nessov and colleagues in 1987.4
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Arambourgiania was because only a few bones have been found.1