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Hualianceratops

名字的意思： “ornamental face”1

吃：植物角龍類侏羅紀晚期

Hualianceratops was a tiny, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 160 million years ago in what is now China. It was about as long as a big dog and had a rough, bumpy face that gave it its name.1

生存年代

162 到 155 百萬年前6

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Wucaiwan, Xinjiang, China1 3

長度

1.2 m (3.9 ft)1

高度

0.5 m (1.6 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 29 公里（18 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 2.5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 7 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 12 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Hualianceratops 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)

Hualianceratops 時速約 29 公里 (18 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

Hualianceratops lived at the same time and place as another early horned dinosaur called Yinlong.3

Its skull was only about 25 centimetres (10 inches) long.1

The name Hualianceratops means 'ornamental face' because its jaw bones had a rough, bumpy texture.1

Scientists found its fossils in rocks that are about 160 million years old, from the Late Jurassic period.1 2

Hualianceratops is one of the oldest known ceratopsians, the group that later included Triceratops.3

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

?How big was Hualianceratops?

About 1.2 metres (3.9 feet) long, roughly the size of a spaniel or a big dog.1 4

?What did Hualianceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater (herbivore).1

?When did Hualianceratops live?

It lived about 160 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1 4

?Why did Hualianceratops have a bumpy face?

Scientists are not sure. The bumps might have protected blood vessels in its face, or they may have been a leftover feature from its ancestors.5

給恐龍專家

學名: Hualianceratops
命名者: Han et al. 20156
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Chaoyangsauridae6
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia6
岩石的年代: 162 到 155 百萬年 (Oxfordian)6
岩層: Shishugou6
國家: 中國6
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆6
發現: Hualianceratops was named in 2015 by Han Fenglu, Catherine Forster, James Clark, and Xu Xing. The only fossil was found in 2002 in the Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Hualianceratops is related to other early ceratopsians like Psittacosaurus and Chaoyangsaurus.3