恐龍卡第 0980 張，共 2 027 張

Koreaceratops

名字的意思： “Korean horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀早期

Koreaceratops was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in South Korea during the Early Cretaceous. It had a beak like a parrot and walked on two legs, but scientists think it might have been a good swimmer too!1 2

生存年代

113 到 100 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Tando Basin, Hwaseong City, South Korea1 4

長度

1.3 m (4.3 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 36 公里（22 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？

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 10 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Koreaceratops 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)

Koreaceratops 時速約 36 公里 (22 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

Koreaceratops had very tall spines on its tail bones, some over five times the height of the bone they attached to.1 2

Scientists think those tall tail spines might have helped Koreaceratops swim, like a paddle or a fin.1 2

The only known fossil of Koreaceratops was found in a sandstone block that had been used to build a dam.1

Koreaceratops was the first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered in South Korea.1 2

The type specimen was about eight years old when it died and had not yet reached full size or maturity.1

Koreaceratops lived in a semiarid environment, like a dry or dusty landscape.1

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

?How big was Koreaceratops?

About 1.3 metres (4.3 feet) long, based on an estimate by paleontologist Thomas Holtz.1

?Could Koreaceratops swim?

Maybe! Scientists think its very tall tail spines might have helped it swim like a paddle, but the evidence is not certain.3 1

?What did Koreaceratops eat?

Koreaceratops was a plant-eater, like other ceratopsian dinosaurs.1

?When did Koreaceratops live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 103 million years ago.3 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Koreaceratops
命名者: Lee et al. 20104
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Leptoceratopsidae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia4
岩石的年代: 113 到 100 百萬年 (Albian)4
岩層: Tando beds4
國家: 南韓4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Koreaceratops was named in 2011 by Yuong-Nam Lee and colleagues. The fossil was first noticed by a public official in 2008, after it had been built into a dam in Hwaseong City, South Korea.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Koreaceratops fits on the ceratopsian family tree. Some studies place it near Archaeoceratops, while a 2022 study suggests it is closer to Protoceratops.1