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Chebsaurus

名字的意思： “young man lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀中期

Chebsaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Algeria. It was a young dinosaur, and scientists think it was still growing when it died.1

生存年代

165 到 162 百萬年前3

侏羅紀中期

化石發現地

Ksour Mountains, Occidental Saharan Atlas, Algeria1

長度

8 到 9 m (26 到 30 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 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？

跟 2 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 50 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 24 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Chebsaurus 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)

Chebsaurus 時速約 15 公里 (9 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

Chebsaurus is the most complete sauropod dinosaur ever found in Algeria.1

Its name comes from the Arabic word 'cheb', which means 'young man', because the fossils are from a juvenile.1

Chebsaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 to 163 million years ago.1

Scientists have found two skeletons of Chebsaurus, both from young individuals.1

Chebsaurus was nicknamed 'the Giant of Ksour' after the mountains where it was discovered.1

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

?How big was Chebsaurus?

Chebsaurus was about 8 to 9 metres long. That is roughly the length of a school bus.1

?What did Chebsaurus eat?

Chebsaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a long neck to reach leaves from trees.3

?When did Chebsaurus live?

Chebsaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 165 to 163 million years ago. That is during the Callovian age.1 3

?Why is it called Chebsaurus?

The name comes from the Arabic word 'cheb', meaning 'young man', because the fossils are from a juvenile. It was also nicknamed 'the Giant of Ksour'.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Chebsaurus
命名者: Mahammed et al. 20053
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Cetiosauridae3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
岩石的年代: 165 到 162 百萬年 (Callovian)3
岩層: Aïssa3
國家: 阿爾及利亞3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Chebsaurus was named in 2005 by Farida Mahammed and her team. They found the fossils in the Aïssa Formation of the Ksour Mountains in Algeria.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Chebsaurus would have been as an adult, because only young fossils have been found.1