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Ganzhousaurus

名字的意思： “Ganzhou lizard”1

吃：每樣都來一點奇特的羽毛恐龍白堊紀晚期

Ganzhousaurus was a small, bird-like dinosaur that lived in southern China near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had a beaky mouth and probably used its strong claws and teeth to eat plants, seeds, and maybe even small animals.1 4

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Nankang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, southern China1 2

長度

1.5 到 2 m (4.9 到 6.6 ft)3

高度

0.82 m (2.7 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 45 公里（28 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 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 11 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 8 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ganzhousaurus 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)

Ganzhousaurus 時速約 45 公里 (28 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

Ganzhousaurus lived alongside at least four other oviraptorid dinosaurs, including Banji long and Nankangia jiangxiensis, all in the same area.1

Its lower jaw had a shallow groove and a special window (the external mandibular fenestra) that was split into two parts by a bone.2

The name Ganzhousaurus means 'Ganzhou lizard' after the city in China where its fossils were found.1

Ganzhousaurus lived during the very end of the Cretaceous Period, about 72 to 66 million years ago.1

Scientists are not sure exactly where Ganzhousaurus fits in the oviraptorid family tree; some think it is related to Oviraptor, others to the 'ingeniine' group.1

This dinosaur probably had feathers, like many of its oviraptorid relatives, helping it stay warm and maybe even show off.1

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

?How big was Ganzhousaurus?

Its exact size is not known from the sources, but it was a small oviraptorid dinosaur, similar in size to other members of its group.1 2

?What did Ganzhousaurus eat?

Ganzhousaurus was probably mostly herbivorous, eating plants and seeds with its beaky mouth and strong claws.1

?Did Ganzhousaurus have feathers?

Yes, like many of its oviraptorid relatives, Ganzhousaurus probably had feathers to keep warm and maybe for display.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think all oviraptorids were egg thieves.

真相： Ganzhousaurus and its relatives probably ate plants and small animals, not just eggs. Their beaks were well-suited for crushing seeds and tough plants.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Ganzhousaurus
命名者: Wang et al. 20134
類群: 奇特的羽毛恐龍
科 / 演化支: Oviraptoridae4
分類: Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Ganzhousaurus was named in 2013 by scientists Shuo Wang, Chengkai Sun, Corwin Sullivan, and Xing Xu, based on a single skeleton found in the Nanxiong Formation of southern China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Ganzhousaurus was more closely related to Oviraptor or to the 'ingeniine' group of oviraptorids.1