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Kotasaurus

名字的意思： “Kota Formation lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀早期

Kotasaurus was an early, long-necked dinosaur that walked on four legs. It lived in what is now India during the Early Jurassic period, about 190 million years ago.1

生存年代

200 到 184 百萬年前2

侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

Yamanpalli, Telangana, India1 2

長度

9 m (30 ft)1

體重

2.5 公噸 (5,500 lb)1

高度

2.3 m (7.5 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 23 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 1.5 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跟 120 隻狗一樣重跟 500 顆西瓜一樣重跟 3 整班小學生一樣重跟 6 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）

Kotasaurus 跟「你」比起來有多大？

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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)

Kotasaurus 時速約 23 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)

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趣味知識

Kotasaurus is one of the earliest and most primitive sauropods known.1

Fossils from at least 12 different Kotasaurus individuals have been found together in one spot.1

Kotasaurus had a tail club, which it may have used to fight other dinosaurs or defend itself.1

Its thigh bone was straight and oval in cross-section, like later giant sauropods.1

No skull has been found, only two teeth, so scientists are not sure what its head looked like.1

Kotasaurus lived alongside another early sauropod called Barapasaurus.1

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

?How big was Kotasaurus?

Kotasaurus was about 9 metres (30 feet) long and weighed around 2.5 tonnes (2.8 tons). That is about as heavy as a small elephant.1

?What did Kotasaurus eat?

Kotasaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Its spoon-shaped teeth were good for stripping leaves.1 2

?Where was Kotasaurus found?

Kotasaurus fossils were found near the village of Yamanpalli in Telangana, India, in the Kota Formation. All known fossils come from one spot about 2,400 square metres (26,000 square feet) in size.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Kotasaurus
命名者: Yadagiri 19882
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Sauropoda2
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda2
岩石的年代: 200 到 184 百萬年 (Sinemurian / Pliensbachian)2
岩層: Kota2
國家: 印度2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆2
發現: Kotasaurus was named and described by P. Yadagiri in 1988. The fossils were found in the late 1970s near the village of Yamanpalli in India.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Kotasaurus is related to other early sauropods, though it is considered one of the most basal.1