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Deinocheirus

名字的意思： “terrible hand”1

Deinocheirus was a huge, weird dinosaur with giant claws, a duck-like beak, and a hump on its back like a camel. It looked like a mix of several animals and was one of the strangest dinosaurs ever found.1

生存年代

100 到 66 百萬年前5

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Mongolia1 5

長度

10 m (33 ft)1

體重

最多 10 公噸 (22,000 lb)2

高度

4.4 m (14 ft)3 4

最高速度

時速約 24 公里（15 英里）

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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？

牠有多重？

跟 7 台汽車一樣重

跟 2 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 56 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 1.5 頭大象一樣重跟 2000 顆西瓜一樣重跟 12 整班小學生一樣重跟 22 隻北極熊一樣重能在 15 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Deinocheirus 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)

Deinocheirus 時速約 24 公里 (15 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

For a long time, scientists only had a pair of arm bones with huge claws to study Deinocheirus. They did not know what the rest of the dinosaur looked like until 2014.1

Deinocheirus had a large hump on its back, supported by its backbone. This made it look a bit like a camel.1

Its hands were huge and had long, sharp claws. The name Deinocheirus means 'terrible hand'.1

Deinocheirus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 to 66 million years ago.1

It was an omnivore, meaning it ate both plants and meat. Scientists think it used its beak to eat plants and small animals.1 5

Deinocheirus belonged to a group of dinosaurs called ornithomimosaurs, which are often called 'ostrich dinosaurs' because they looked a bit like ostriches.5

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

?How big was Deinocheirus?

It was about 11 metres (36 feet) long and weighed around 6.5 tonnes (7.2 short tons). That is as long as a big bus.4

?What did Deinocheirus eat?

It was an omnivore, meaning it ate both plants and meat. It had a duck-like beak for cropping soft plants, and fish scales found with one specimen show it also ate fish.4

?Did Deinocheirus have feathers?

Yes, it probably had a fan of feathers on its tail. The tail ended in pygostyle-like vertebrae, which is a sign of feathers.4

?Why did Deinocheirus have such big claws?

Its huge, blunt claws were probably used for digging and gathering plants. The name Deinocheirus means 'terrible hand' because of those big claws.4

?Was Deinocheirus a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a dinosaur. It belonged to a group called ornithomimosaurs, which are often called 'ostrich dinosaurs'.4 1

?When did Deinocheirus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 to 66 million years ago.1

?Could Deinocheirus run fast?

No, it was not built for speed. It had short legs and a bulky body, so it moved slowly.4

?What hunted Deinocheirus?

Bite marks on its bones show that the tyrannosaurid Tarbosaurus probably attacked or scavenged it.4

給恐龍專家

學名: Deinocheirus
命名者: Kielan-Jaworowska 19695
類群: 似鳥龍類
科 / 演化支: Deinocheiridae5
分類: Theropoda > Ornithomimosauria5
岩石的年代: 100 到 66 百萬年 (Cenomanian / Maastrichtian)5
岩層: Nemegt, Baynshire5
國家: 蒙古5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 5 筆5
發現: Deinocheirus was named by Polish paleontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska in 1969. The first fossils were found in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.5 1