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Kerberosaurus

名字的意思： “Kerberos lizard, after the three-headed dog of Greek mythology”1

吃：植物鴨嘴龍類白堊紀晚期

Kerberosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Russia. It had a flat head and a wide, flattened crest around its nostrils. This plant-eater could walk on two legs or all fours.1

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前2

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Amur Region, Far Eastern Russia1

長度

8 m (26 ft)1

高度

2.9 m (9.5 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 25 公里（16 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？

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跟 8 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 44 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 14 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Kerberosaurus 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)

Kerberosaurus 時速約 25 公里 (16 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)

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趣味知識

Kerberosaurus is named after Kerberos, the three-headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek myths.1

Its fossils were found in a bonebed with many other dinosaurs, including Amurosaurus, turtles, crocodiles, and even meat-eaters.1

Scientists think Kerberosaurus was closely related to Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus, which lived in North America.1

Kerberosaurus lived about 66 million years ago, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

The first fossils of Kerberosaurus were discovered in 1984, but the dinosaur was not named until 2004.1

Kerberosaurus had a narrow frontal bone on its skull and a unique shape to its braincase.1

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

?How big was Kerberosaurus?

Kerberosaurus was about 8 metres (26 feet) long.1

?What did Kerberosaurus eat?

Kerberosaurus was a plant-eater. It ate plant matter using its complex teeth.1

?When did Kerberosaurus live?

Kerberosaurus lived about 66 million years ago, at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

?Where was Kerberosaurus found?

Kerberosaurus was found in Russia, in the Amur Region near Blagoveshchensk.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Kerberosaurus might be the same dinosaur as Kundurosaurus.

真相： Some scientists think Kundurosaurus is a younger name for the same animal, but others are not sure.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Kerberosaurus
命名者: Bolotsky and Godefroit 20042
類群: 鴨嘴龍類
科 / 演化支: Hadrosauridae2
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae2
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)2
岩層: Udurchukan2
國家: 俄羅斯2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆2
又名: Kundurosaurus （舊名稱現在也算作同一種動物）2
發現: Yuri Bolotsky and the Amur Complex Integrated Research Institute found the first fossils in 1984 at a bonebed near Blagoveschensk, Russia. The dinosaur was named Kerberosaurus manakini by Bolotsky and Pascal Godefroit in 2004.1
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Kerberosaurus is the same as Kundurosaurus, another duck-billed dinosaur from the same area.2