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Kunbarrasaurus

名字的意思： “shield lizard”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Kunbarrasaurus was a small, armoured dinosaur that walked on four legs and munched on plants. It had bony plates and spikes all over its body, like a walking tank. This dinosaur lived in Australia during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 million years ago.1 3

生存年代

106 到 100 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Queensland, Australia1 3

長度

2.5 到 3.5 m (8.2 到 11 ft)1

高度

1.1 m (3.6 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

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 19 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 16 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Kunbarrasaurus 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)

Kunbarrasaurus 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

Kunbarrasaurus is one of the most complete armoured dinosaurs ever found, with most of its skeleton and skull preserved.1

Its gut contents show it ate fibrous plant parts, seeds, and fruiting bodies, and it probably chopped food in its mouth instead of using stomach stones.1

The dinosaur had a ring of scutes around its neck, and its body was covered with small, keeled plates and spikes.1

Kunbarrasaurus had a very large inner ear, unlike any other dinosaur known, which may have helped with balance or hearing.2

The fossil was found in marine rocks, so the dinosaur may have washed out to sea after death.1

It is the second genus of armoured dinosaur from Australia, and its name means 'shield lizard' in the local Aboriginal language.1

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

?How big was Kunbarrasaurus?

About 2.5 to 3.5 metres long. That is roughly the size of a large motorcycle.1

?What did Kunbarrasaurus eat?

It ate plants, including fibrous leaves, seeds and fruiting bodies. Scientists know this because its last meal was preserved inside its fossil.1

?Did Kunbarrasaurus have a tail club?

Probably not. Its tail is not fully preserved, but some of its relatives had a flat, blade-like structure at the tail tip instead of a club.1

?Where was Kunbarrasaurus found?

In Queensland, Australia, near Richmond. The fossil was discovered in marine rocks, so the dinosaur may have washed out to sea after death.1

?When did Kunbarrasaurus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 million years ago.1

?Is Kunbarrasaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a small armoured dinosaur called an ankylosaurian.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Kunbarrasaurus used its tail like a club to defend itself.

真相： There is no evidence of a tail club in Kunbarrasaurus. Its tail had triangular plates and scutes, but no club.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Kunbarrasaurus
命名者: Leahey et al. 20153
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Parankylosauria3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 106 到 100 百萬年 (Albian)3
岩層: Toolebuc3
國家: 澳洲3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆3
發現: The skeleton was found in 1989 by Ian Ievers on Marathon Station in Queensland, Australia. It was named Kunbarrasaurus ieversi in 2015 by scientists including Lucy Leahey.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Kunbarrasaurus is a primitive or derived ankylosaur, because it has a mix of both ancient and advanced features.2