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Dracoraptor

名字的意思： “dragon thief”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍侏羅紀早期

Dracoraptor was a small, fast meat-eating dinosaur that lived near the sea in what is now Wales. It had sharp, serrated teeth about one centimetre long for catching small animals. Scientists think it may have lived on the shoreline, hunting and scavenging.2 1

生存年代

201 到 200 百萬年前4

侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

Lavernock Point, south Wales, United Kingdom2 4

長度

2.1 到 3 m (6.9 到 9.8 ft)1

高度

0.7 m (2.3 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 47 公里（29 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？

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 17 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 7.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Dracoraptor 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)

Dracoraptor 時速約 47 公里 (29 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

Dracoraptor is one of the oldest known Jurassic dinosaurs, living about 201 million years ago.2 1

Its name comes from the Welsh dragon, because it was found in Wales.1

The fossil was discovered in 2014 by brothers Nick and Rob Hanigan, along with Sam Davies, on a beach at Lavernock Point.1

Dracoraptor had three teeth in the front of its upper jaw, which is unusual for a theropod.2

Its skeleton was found in marine rocks, so scientists think the carcass washed out to sea from a nearby island.2

Dracoraptor was a fast runner because of its small size and long legs.1

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

?How big was Dracoraptor?

The fossil found is a juvenile about 2.1 metres (6.9 feet) long with a hip height of 70 centimetres (28 inches). Adults may have grown to about 3 metres (9.8 feet) long.1

?What did Dracoraptor eat?

Dracoraptor was a meat-eater. It had small, sharp, serrated teeth about one centimetre long, so it probably ate small animals like lizards, insects and small mammals.1 3

?When did Dracoraptor live?

Dracoraptor lived about 201 million years ago, during the earliest part of the Jurassic Period. It is one of the oldest known Jurassic dinosaurs.1

?Where was Dracoraptor found?

Its fossils were discovered in 2014 on a beach at Lavernock Point in South Wales, near the town of Penarth. The bones had fallen from a cliff onto the shore.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Dracoraptor
命名者: Martill et al. 20164
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Coelophysoidea4
分類: Theropoda > Coelophysoidea4
岩石的年代: 201 到 200 百萬年 (Hettangian)4
岩層: Blue Lias4
國家: 英國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Dracoraptor was discovered in 2014 by fossil hunters Nick and Rob Hanigan and Sam Davies at Lavernock Point in Wales. It was named and described in 2016 by paleontologists David Martill, Steven Vidovic, Cindy Howells, and John Nudds.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly which limestone layer the Dracoraptor fossil came from, so its precise age is still debated.2