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Ferrisaurus

名字的意思： “iron lizard”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Ferrisaurus was a small, hornless cousin of Triceratops that lived in what is now British Columbia, Canada. It walked on two legs and munched on plants with its beak-like mouth.1

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前5

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada1 2

長度

2 到 3 m (6.6 到 9.8 ft)1

體重

150 kg (331 lb)3

高度

1 m (3.3 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 37 公里（23 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？

牠有多重？

跟 8 隻狗一樣重

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跟 30 顆西瓜一樣重跟 8 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 5 個小學生一樣重能在 9.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ferrisaurus 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)

Ferrisaurus 時速約 37 公里 (23 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

Ferrisaurus is the first unique dinosaur species ever described from British Columbia, Canada.1

Its fossils were discovered in 1971 by a geologist named Kenny F. Larsen while he was surveying for uranium along a railway line.1

Ferrisaurus lived about 68 to 67 million years ago, during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

It was a leptoceratopsid, a group of small, hornless ceratopsians that were about 2 to 3 metres long.1

The name Ferrisaurus means 'iron lizard', because the bones were found near a railway line made of iron.1

Its fossils include parts of the shoulder, arm, leg, and foot bones, but no skull was found.1

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

?How big was Ferrisaurus?

About 2 to 3 metres long. That is roughly the size of a large dog.1 2

?Did Ferrisaurus have horns?

No, Ferrisaurus was a hornless ceratopsian. Unlike its famous relative Triceratops, it had no horns and only a short frill.1 2

?What did Ferrisaurus eat?

It ate plants. Ferrisaurus had a parrot-like beak for snipping leaves and other vegetation.4 2

?When did Ferrisaurus live?

It lived about 68 to 67 million years ago, near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Ferrisaurus
命名者: Arbour and Evans 20195
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Leptoceratopsidae5
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia5
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)5
岩層: Tango Creek5
國家: 加拿大5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Ferrisaurus was named in 2019 by paleontologists Victoria Arbour and David Evans. The fossils were collected in 1971 by geologist Kenny F. Larsen along the BC Rail line in British Columbia, Canada.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Ferrisaurus is related to other leptoceratopsids, but they think it was more closely related to Leptoceratops than to Montanoceratops.1