恐龍卡第 0941 張，共 2 027 張

Kamuysaurus

名字的意思： “deity reptile in the Ainu language of Japan”1

吃：植物鴨嘴龍類白堊紀晚期

Kamuysaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Japan. It had a flat, toothless beak and hundreds of cheek teeth for chewing plants. This dinosaur is one of the most complete skeletons ever found in Japan.1 2

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前5

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Hokkaido, Japan, in marine rocks of the Hakobuchi Formation1 2

長度

8 到 9 m (26 到 30 ft)2

體重

4 公噸到 5 公噸 (8,800 到 11,000 lb)2

高度

3.1 m (10 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 22 公里（14 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

牠有多重？

跟 3 台汽車一樣重

跟 2 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 50 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長大約跟一頭大象一樣重跟 1000 顆西瓜一樣重跟 6 整班小學生一樣重跟 11 隻北極熊一樣重能在 16 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Kamuysaurus 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)

Kamuysaurus 時速約 22 公里 (14 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

Kamuysaurus was found in marine rocks, meaning its body washed into the sea after death.1 2

The skeleton is over 60% complete and includes the skull, making it one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons from Japan.1

It lived about 72 to 70 million years ago during the early Maastrichtian age.1

Kamuysaurus belongs to a group of duck-billed dinosaurs called Edmontosaurini, which also includes Edmontosaurus.2

The dinosaur was named after the Ainu word 'kamuy', meaning deity or god.1

It was an adult at least nine years old when it died.1

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

?How big was Kamuysaurus?

It was about 8 metres long and weighed 4 to 5.3 tonnes.1

?What did Kamuysaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. It had a toothless beak and rows of cheek teeth for chewing tough plants.1

?When did Kamuysaurus live?

It lived about 72 to 70 million years ago, during the early Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.1

?Was Kamuysaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a duck-billed dinosaur called a hadrosaur, but it was not a meat-eater.1

?Did Kamuysaurus have a crest?

It may have had a small, flat crest on its head, similar to the crest of Brachylophosaurus.2 4

?Where was Kamuysaurus found?

It was found in marine rocks in Hokkaido, Japan. Its body likely washed out to sea after it died.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Kamuysaurus
命名者: Kobayashi et al. 20195
類群: 鴨嘴龍類
科 / 演化支: Hadrosauridae5
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae5
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)5
岩層: Hakobuchi5
國家: 日本5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Amateur paleontologist Yoshiyuki Horita found the tail in 2003. Teams from the Hobetsu Museum and Hokkaido University Museum dug up the rest of the skeleton in 2013 and 2014. It was named Kamuysaurus japonicus in 2019 by Yoshitsugu Kobayashi and colleagues.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Kamuysaurus had a small crest on its head, because the bones at the front of the skull are missing.2