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Australodocus

名字的意思： “southern beam”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

Australodocus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Tanzania, Africa. It had a very long neck and walked on all four legs, munching leaves from trees.1 3

生存年代

149 到 143 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Lindi Region, Tanzania1

長度

17 m (56 ft)1

體重

4 公噸 (8,800 lb)1

高度

3.9 m (13 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 20 公里（12 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 台汽車一樣重

跟 4 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 94 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 200 隻狗一樣重跟 800 顆西瓜一樣重跟 5 整班小學生一樣重跟 9 隻北極熊一樣重能在 18 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Australodocus 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)

Australodocus 時速約 20 公里 (12 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

Australodocus was named in 2007 by paleontologist Kristian Remes.3

Its fossils were found in the Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, which are famous for many dinosaur discoveries.2

Only two neck bones (cervical vertebrae) have been found so far, so scientists are still guessing what the whole animal looked like.2

At first, scientists thought Australodocus was a diplodocid (like Diplodocus), but newer studies suggest it might be a titanosauriform, a different group of sauropods.1

The species name bohetii honors Boheti bin Amrani, the African crew supervisor of the German Tendaguru Expedition.2

Australodocus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 150 to 145 million years ago.1 3

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

?How big was Australodocus?

About 17 metres long and weighed around 4,000 kilograms. That is as heavy as a large elephant.1

?What did Australodocus eat?

It was a plant-eater that ate leaves from trees, using its long neck to reach high branches.1

?Is Australodocus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period.1

?Why is Australodocus called a southern beam?

Its name means 'southern beam' from Latin and Greek, because it was first thought to be a southern relative of Diplodocus.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Australodocus
命名者: Remes 20073
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Somphospondyli3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
岩石的年代: 149 到 143 百萬年 (Tithonian)3
岩層: Tendaguru3
國家: 坦尚尼亞3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Australodocus was named by Kristian Remes in 2007 based on two neck vertebrae found in the Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania.3 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Australodocus was a diplodocid or a titanosauriform, because only a few neck bones have been found.1