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Arcovenator

名字的意思： “Arc hunter”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀晚期

Arcovenator was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived on an island made of what is now France, Spain, and Portugal. It had a rough, bumpy skull and was about the size of a car. This predator hunted other dinosaurs in a warm, swampy landscape.1

生存年代

84 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

France and possibly Spain3 1

長度

5.5 到 6.5 m (18 到 21 ft)1

高度

2 m (6.6 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 40 公里（25 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？

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跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 36 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 9 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Arcovenator 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)

Arcovenator 時速約 40 公里 (25 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

Arcovenator is one of the most complete abelisaurid dinosaurs ever found in Europe. Its fossils include a well-preserved braincase.2

This dinosaur lived on the Ibero-Armorican island, a large landmass that included parts of modern France, Spain, and Portugal.1

Arcovenator's name comes from the Arc River in France, near where it was discovered, and the Latin word for hunter.1

Its skull had a rough, bumpy surface and a special hole between the front bones on top of the head.2

Arcovenator was a medium-sized abelisaurid, about 5 to 6 metres long. That is roughly the length of a small car.1

Fossils of Arcovenator were found during construction of the A8 motorway in southern France. The company Escota paid for the dig.1

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

?What did Arcovenator eat?

It was a meat-eating theropod that hunted other dinosaurs on its island home.1 3

?How big was Arcovenator?

It was about 5 to 6 metres long, or about the size of a small car. A 2016 study gave a length of 4.8 metres.1

?When did Arcovenator live?

It lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 76 to 72 million years ago.1

?Was Arcovenator a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a theropod dinosaur in the abelisaurid family.1

?Where was Arcovenator found?

Its fossils were found near Pourrières in southern France, during construction of the A8 motorway.1 2

?Is Arcovenator bigger than T. rex?

No, it was much smaller. Arcovenator was about 5 to 6 metres long, while T. rex could be over 12 metres long.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Arcovenator
命名者: Tortosa et al. 20143
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Abelisauridae3
分類: Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae3
岩石的年代: 84 到 66 百萬年 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
岩層: Argiles rutilantes, Vegas de Matute, Vitoria3
國家: 西班牙, 法國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 6 筆3
發現: Arcovenator was named in 2014 by Thierry Tortosa and colleagues. Its fossils were found near Pourrières, France, during work on the A8 motorway.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if some fossils from Spain and the Tremp Formation belong to Arcovenator or a different abelisaurid.1