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Ardetosaurus

名字的意思： “burning lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期

Ardetosaurus was a giant, long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Wyoming, USA, about 150 million years ago. It was a diplodocid, meaning it had a super long neck and a whip-like tail. This plant-eater was one of many different sauropods that lived together in the same place.1 4

生存年代

155 到 149 百萬年前4

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Howe-Stephens Quarry, northern Wyoming, USA4 2

長度

18 到 20 m (59 到 66 ft)1 3

高度

4.5 m (15 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 12 公里（7 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

跟 4 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 110 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長高到能從 2 樓的窗戶往裡看能在 30 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ardetosaurus 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)

Ardetosaurus 時速約 12 公里 (7 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

Ardetosaurus was named in 2024, making it a very recently discovered dinosaur.4

Its full name, Ardetosaurus viator, means 'burning lizard traveler'.1

The only known skeleton is partly articulated, meaning many bones were still connected when found.2

Ardetosaurus lived between 150.44 and 149.21 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic.2

It is the first fully grown sauropod specimen described from the Howe-Stephens Quarry.2

Scientists think the shape of its first chevron bone might help tell male and female sauropods apart.2

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

?How big was Ardetosaurus?

Scientists have not estimated its exact size, but as a diplodocid sauropod it had a very long neck and whip-like tail, with a small head and columnar legs.1

?What did Ardetosaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its pencil-like teeth at the front of its jaws helped it strip leaves from branches.1

?When did Ardetosaurus live?

It lived about 150 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic, between 150.44 and 149.21 million years ago.1 2

?Why is it called Ardetosaurus?

Its name means burning lizard traveler. Ardeto refers to a fire that damaged its bones, and saurus means lizard, because the fossil traveled from the USA to Europe.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Ardetosaurus
命名者: van der Linden et al. 20244
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Diplodocidae4
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea4
岩石的年代: 155 到 149 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian)4
岩層: Morrison4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: The fossil was dug up in 1993 at the Howe-Stephens Quarry in Wyoming. It was named Ardetosaurus viator by van der Linden and colleagues in 2024.4 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how many different sauropod species lived together in the Morrison Formation, and how Ardetosaurus fits into that group.2