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Loricatosaurus

名字的意思： “armored lizard”1

吃：植物劍龍類侏羅紀中期

Loricatosaurus was a plated dinosaur that walked on four legs and ate plants. It had bony plates and spikes on its back and tail to protect itself from hungry predators.1

生存年代

165 到 162 百萬年前4

侏羅紀中期

化石發現地

England and France4 1

長度

4 到 5 m (13 到 16 ft)1

體重

1.4 公噸 (3,100 lb)2

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 18 公里（11 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 70 隻狗一樣重

跟 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 28 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 280 顆西瓜一樣重跟 74 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 44 個小學生一樣重跟 3 隻北極熊一樣重能在 20 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Loricatosaurus 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)

Loricatosaurus 時速約 18 公里 (11 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

Loricatosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 to 161 million years ago.4

Only two partial skeletons of Loricatosaurus have been found, one in England and one in France.1

The fossils were first thought to belong to another dinosaur called Lexovisaurus, but scientists later realized they were a different animal.1

Loricatosaurus had bony plates and spikes on its body, but scientists are not sure if it had a shoulder spike like some other stegosaurs.1

The name Loricatosaurus means 'armored lizard' in Latin and Greek.1

Loricatosaurus is a type of stegosaur, a group of plant-eating dinosaurs with plates and spikes.1

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

?What did Loricatosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?How big was Loricatosaurus?

Scientists are not sure of its exact size because only two partial skeletons have been found.3

?When did Loricatosaurus live?

It lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 to 161 million years ago.1

?Where was Loricatosaurus found?

Its fossils have been found in England and France.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Loricatosaurus had a spike on its shoulder.

真相： Scientists now believe the supposed shoulder spike is actually a tail spike.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Loricatosaurus
命名者: Maidment et al. 20084
類群: 劍龍類
科 / 演化支: Stegosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 165 到 162 百萬年 (Callovian)4
岩層: Marnes à Belemnopsis latesulcatus, Oxford Clay4
國家: 法國, 英國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: The first fossils were found in 1901 by Alfred Leeds in a brick pit in Peterborough, England. The dinosaur was named Loricatosaurus in 2008 by Susannah Maidment and her team.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how Loricatosaurus is related to other stegosaurs like Stegosaurus.1