恐龍卡第 0621 張，共 2 027 張

Erectopus

名字的意思： “upright foot”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

Erectopus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in Europe and Africa during the Early Cretaceous. It was a fast hunter with strong legs and sharp teeth.1 2

生存年代

126 到 94 百萬年前2

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

France, Egypt, and Portugal2 1

長度

5 m (16 ft)1

體重

200 kg 到 315 kg (441 到 694 lb)1

高度

1.6 m (5.2 ft)

估計值

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？

估計值

牠有多重？

跟 16 隻狗一樣重

跟 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 28 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 63 顆西瓜一樣重跟 17 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 10 個小學生一樣重能在 7.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Erectopus 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)

Erectopus 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

Erectopus was first thought to be a species of Megalosaurus, but later got its own name.1

Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in France, alongside plesiosaurs and crocodiles.1

Scientists think Erectopus weighed about 200 to 315 kilograms, as heavy as a large bear.1

Erectopus lived around 125 to 94 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous.2

The name Erectopus means 'upright foot' because of the shape of its foot bones.1

Some teeth found in Romania were thought to belong to Erectopus, but they probably came from a different dinosaur.1

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

?How big was Erectopus?

Erectopus was about 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed around 200 to 315 kilograms (440 to 694 pounds), which is a similar weight to a large bear.1

?What did Erectopus eat?

Erectopus was a meat-eater, a carnivore that hunted other animals.1 2

?Where did Erectopus live?

Erectopus lived in what is now France and possibly Romania during the Early Cretaceous.1

?Is Erectopus a dinosaur?

Yes, Erectopus is a dinosaur. It was a meat-eating theropod dinosaur.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Erectopus
命名者: Huene 19232
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Metriacanthosauridae2
分類: Theropoda > Allosauroidea2
岩石的年代: 126 到 94 百萬年 (Barremian / Cenomanian)2
岩層: Baharîje, La Penthiève Beds, Papo Seco2
國家: 法國, 埃及, 葡萄牙2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 8 筆2
發現: Erectopus was named by Friedrich von Huene in 1923, based on fossils found in the 1870s in France. The first bones were described by Charles Barrois in 1875.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Erectopus belongs to the family Metriacanthosauridae or another group of allosauroids.1 2