恐龍卡第 0997 張，共 2 027 張

Kuru

名字的意思： “named after Kurukullā, a Tibetan Buddhist deity”1

吃：肉迅猛龍類白堊紀晚期

Kuru was a fast, feathered raptor that lived in the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It was about the size of a modern wolf and probably hunted small dinosaurs and lizards.3 1

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Khulsan, Barun Goyot Formation, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia3 1

長度

2 到 3 m (6.6 到 9.8 ft)1

體重

20 kg 到 30 kg (44 到 66 lb)1

高度

0.8 到 1 m (2.6 到 3.3 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 45 公里（28 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？

牠有多重？

跟 8 隻家貓一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 17 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 6 顆西瓜一樣重能在 8 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Kuru 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)

Kuru 時速約 45 公里 (28 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

Kuru's fossils were discovered on July 5, 1991, just hours before another raptor called Shri devi was found nearby.1

Kuru had a sharp hornlet on its skull, above the eye, which might have been used for display or fighting.2

This raptor had a deep jaw bone with two holes (foramina) for blood vessels and nerves.2

Kuru lived alongside another raptor called Shri devi, and scientists think they might have eaten similar food.1

The name 'Kuru' was once mistakenly called 'Airakoraptor' in a scientific paper, but that name was never official.1

Kuru 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Kuru 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。

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Kuru was a cannibal because its name sounds like 'kuru' disease.

真相： The name actually comes from a Buddhist goddess, not the disease.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Kuru
命名者: Napoli et al. 20213
類群: 迅猛龍類
科 / 演化支: Dromaeosauridae3
分類: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)3
岩層: Baruungoyot3
國家: 蒙古3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Kuru was named in 2021 by James Napoli and colleagues, based on a skeleton found in 1991 by an American-Mongolian team in the Gobi Desert.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly what Kuru ate, because its skull is too incomplete to compare with other raptors.1