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Furcatoceratops

名字的意思： “forked horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Furcatoceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now Montana, USA, about 75 million years ago. It had a big frill on its head and two forward-curving horns above its eyes. This plant-eater was about the size of a small car.1 2

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Fergus County, Montana, USA1

長度

4 到 5 m (13 到 16 ft)2

高度

1.6 m (5.2 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 34 公里（21 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？

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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能在 11 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Furcatoceratops 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)

Furcatoceratops 時速約 34 公里 (21 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

Furcatoceratops was named in 2023, making it one of the newest horned dinosaurs discovered.1

Its horns pointed forward and curved slightly inward, like a fork, which is how it got its name.1 2

The only known skeleton is of a subadult, meaning it was not fully grown when it died.2

Furcatoceratops lived alongside other dinosaurs like the horned Avaceratops, the duck-billed Brachylophosaurus, and the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus.1

Its fossils were found in the Judith River Formation, which was once a warm, coastal plain.1 2

Scientists think Furcatoceratops is closely related to Nasutoceratops, another horned dinosaur with a big nose.1 4

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

?How big was Furcatoceratops?

Furcatoceratops was about 3.6 metres (12 feet) long, about the size of a small car. It was a moderately-sized subadult, so it may have grown a bit larger.3 1

?What did Furcatoceratops eat?

Furcatoceratops was a plant-eater. It lived in a warm, coastal plain and ate plants.1

?When did Furcatoceratops live?

Furcatoceratops lived about 75 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossils were found in rocks about 75.6 million years old.1 2

?Was Furcatoceratops a dinosaur?

Yes, Furcatoceratops was a dinosaur. It was a type of horned dinosaur called a ceratopsian, specifically a centrosaurine.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Furcatoceratops
命名者: Ishikawa et al. 20234
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsidae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
岩層: Judith River4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Furcatoceratops was named by Hiroki Ishikawa and colleagues in 2023 based on a nearly complete skeleton found at a quarry in Montana, USA. The skeleton was dug up by Triebold Paleontology Incorporated and is now kept at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Japan.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big a fully grown Furcatoceratops was, because the only known fossil is from a subadult.2