恐龍卡第 0685 張，共 2 027 張

Galeamopus

名字的意思： “helmet need”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

Galeamopus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived during the Late Jurassic. It had a whip-like tail and a small head, and it munched on ferns and other plants.1

生存年代

155 到 143 百萬年前5

侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Wyoming and Colorado, USA1 5

長度

12 到 14 m (39 到 46 ft)2

高度

3.3 m (11 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 17 公里（11 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

跟 3 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 78 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 21 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Galeamopus 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)

Galeamopus 時速約 17 公里 (11 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

Galeamopus was named in 2015, but its fossils were first found in 1884.1

The name Galeamopus means 'helmet need', a joke about the brittle braincase of the type specimen.1

Galeamopus had a unique skull with a curved paroccipital process on the back of the head.1

It had thirteen unique features that set it apart from other diplodocid dinosaurs.1

The first Galeamopus skeleton was found by William H. Utterback in 1902 near Sheridan, Wyoming.1

One Galeamopus specimen, nicknamed 'Max', was discovered in 1995 at the Howe-Stephens Quarry.1

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

?How big was Galeamopus?

Scientists have not published a specific length or weight for Galeamopus, but as a diplodocid sauropod it was probably similar in size to other diplodocids, which could reach about 25 metres (82 feet) long.1

?When did Galeamopus live?

Galeamopus lived during the Late Jurassic, about 155 to 152 million years ago.1 3

?What did Galeamopus eat?

Galeamopus was a herbivore that ate plants like ferns, as mentioned in the page intro.1

?Where was Galeamopus found?

Galeamopus fossils have been found in Wyoming and Colorado in the United States.1 4

給恐龍專家

學名: Galeamopus
命名者: Tschopp et al. 20155
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Diplodocidae5
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea5
岩石的年代: 155 到 143 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)5
岩層: Morrison5
國家: 美國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 6 筆5
發現: The first fossils of Galeamopus were collected in 1884 by Marshall P. Felch in Colorado, but the genus was named in 2015 by Emanuel Tschopp, Octávio Mateus, and Roger Benson.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether some Galeamopus specimens belong to a separate species or are just variations of the same species.1