恐龍卡第 1054 張，共 2 027 張

Ligabuesaurus

名字的意思： “Ligabue lizard, after Dr Giancarlo Ligabue”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀早期

Ligabuesaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that stomped through what is now Argentina about 112 million years ago. It had strong legs and a small head with teeth shaped like spoons to munch on leaves.2 1

生存年代

113 到 110 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Cerro de los Leones, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina3 2

長度

18 到 18.7 m (59 到 61 ft)2

體重

14.5 公噸到 29 公噸 (32,000 到 63,900 lb)2

高度

4.4 m (14 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 12 公里（7 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 5 頭大象一樣重

跟 4 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 100 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 19 台汽車一樣重跟 5800 顆西瓜一樣重跟 36 整班小學生一樣重跟 64 隻北極熊一樣重能在 30 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ligabuesaurus 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)

Ligabuesaurus 時速約 12 公里 (7 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

Ligabuesaurus is known from only a few bones, including part of the upper jaw with teeth, neck and back vertebrae, and leg bones.2 1

Its thigh bone (femur) was 166 cm long, about as tall as a grown man.2

Scientists think Ligabuesaurus weighed between 17 and 29 tons, as much as 4 to 7 elephants.2

The first skeleton was discovered by geologist Héctor Leanza in 1997, and the dinosaur was named after him and the explorer Giancarlo Ligabue.2

Ligabuesaurus lived in a river-filled landscape, alongside other sauropods like Limaysaurus and the mysterious Agustinia.2

Some scientists think Ligabuesaurus was a titanosaur, while others say it was a close cousin of titanosaurs called a somphospondylan.2

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

?How big was Ligabuesaurus?

Scientists estimate it was about 18 to 19 metres (59 to 62 feet) long and weighed between 17 and 29 tonnes, as much as 3 to 5 elephants.2 1

?What did Ligabuesaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater (herbivore). It had spoon-shaped teeth to munch on leaves.2 1

?When did Ligabuesaurus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 112 to 99 million years ago.2 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Ligabuesaurus
命名者: Bonaparte et al. 20063
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Somphospondyli3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
岩石的年代: 113 到 110 百萬年 (Albian)3
岩層: Lohan Cura3
國家: 阿根廷3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Ligabuesaurus was named in 2006 by paleontologists José Bonaparte, Bernardo González Riga, and Sebastián Apesteguía. The fossils were found in the Lohan Cura Formation of Argentina and are stored at the Carmen Funes Museum.2 3
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Ligabuesaurus was a true titanosaur or a more primitive somphospondylan.2