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Barapasaurus

名字的意思： “big-legged lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀早期

Barapasaurus was one of the very first giant long-necked dinosaurs. It lived in India about 190 million years ago and grew as long as a bus! Even though it was an early sauropod, it already had the long neck and big body that later giants like Brachiosaurus would have.1

生存年代

200 到 184 百萬年前3

侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

Pochampally village, near the border of Telangana and Maharashtra, central India1

長度

12 到 14 m (39 到 46 ft)1

體重

7 公噸 (15,400 lb)1

高度

3.3 m (11 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 17 公里（11 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 5 台汽車一樣重

跟 3 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 78 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長大約跟一頭大象一樣重跟 1400 顆西瓜一樣重跟 9 整班小學生一樣重跟 16 隻北極熊一樣重能在 21 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Barapasaurus 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)

Barapasaurus 時速約 17 公里 (11 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

Barapasaurus is known from about 300 bones from at least six different individuals, making it one of the most complete early sauropods ever found.1

Its name means 'big-legged lizard' in several Indian languages, because a single thigh bone (femur) was over 1.7 metres (5.6 feet) long.1

No skull has ever been found, only a few teeth. The largest tooth is just 5.8 centimetres (2.3 inches) tall.1

The fossils were discovered in 1958 and dug up in 1960 and 1961, but the dinosaur was not officially named until 1975.1

Barapasaurus lived alongside another early sauropod called Kotasaurus, as well as some of the earliest mammals like Kotatherium.1

Its backbone already had hollow spaces and extra joints that helped support its huge body, a feature later sauropods perfected.1

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

?How big was Barapasaurus?

Barapasaurus was about 12 to 14 metres long and weighed around 7 tonnes. That is about as long as a bus.1 2

?What did Barapasaurus eat?

Barapasaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Its spoon-shaped teeth were good for stripping leaves.1 2

?When did Barapasaurus live?

Barapasaurus lived during the Early Jurassic period, about 184 to 200 million years ago. Some scientists think it might have lived a bit later, in the Middle Jurassic.1 2

?Where was Barapasaurus found?

Barapasaurus fossils were found in central India, near the village of Pochampally. The first bones were discovered in 1958.1

?Why is it called Barapasaurus?

Barapasaurus means big legged lizard in several Indian languages. It got that name because its thigh bone was over 1.7 metres long.1

?Did Barapasaurus have a long neck?

Yes, Barapasaurus had a long neck, just like later sauropods. Its neck bones were elongated, which helped it reach high plants.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Barapasaurus had a tiny head like later sauropods such as Brachiosaurus.

真相： Scientists have not found a skull, only a few teeth, so we do not know what its head looked like.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Barapasaurus
命名者: Jain et al. 19753
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Gravisauria3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
岩石的年代: 200 到 184 百萬年 (Sinemurian / Pliensbachian)3
岩層: Kota3
國家: 印度3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆3
發現: The first bones were found in 1958 near Pochampally, India. Most fossils were collected in 1960 and 1961, and the dinosaur was named Barapasaurus tagorei in 1975 by paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain and colleagues.1
仍有爭議: Scientists disagree on whether Barapasaurus was more primitive than the early sauropod Vulcanodon or more advanced. Some place it inside the group Eusauropoda, others outside it.1