恐龍卡第 1127 張，共 2 027 張

Malawisaurus

名字的意思： “Malawi lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀早期

Malawisaurus was a long-necked plant eater that stomped through ancient Africa. It was smaller than many of its giant cousins, but still as long as a bus! It had bony plates in its skin, like armor.1

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Northern Malawi, Africa, in the Dinosaur Beds.1 4

長度

11 到 15 m (36 到 49 ft)1

體重

2.8 公噸到 10 公噸 (6,200 到 22,000 lb)1

高度

3.5 m (11 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 7 台汽車一樣重

跟 3 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 83 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 1.5 頭大象一樣重跟 2000 顆西瓜一樣重跟 12 整班小學生一樣重跟 22 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）

Malawisaurus 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)

Malawisaurus 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

Malawisaurus had a blunter snout than most other sauropods, which is unusual for this group.2

Its teeth were flattened, not pencil-shaped like many other sauropods. This suggests that pencil-shaped teeth evolved more than once in sauropods.2

Bony plates called ossicles have been found with Malawisaurus, which probably covered its skin like armor.1

The vertebrae in the middle of its tail were longer than those in other parts, which is a unique feature.1

Malawisaurus lived about 121 to 113 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.4

An isolated tooth from Brazil might belong to Malawisaurus, which would mean it also lived in South America.1

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

?How big was Malawisaurus?

About 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed about 10 tonnes (11 short tons), though a 2020 estimate gave a smaller size of 11 metres (36 feet) and 2.8 tonnes (3.1 short tons).1

?Where did Malawisaurus live?

It lived in what is now northern Malawi in Africa, during the Early Cretaceous period about 121 to 112 million years ago.1 3

?What did Malawisaurus eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?Did Malawisaurus have armor?

Yes, bony plates called ossicles or dermal scutes were found with the skeleton, suggesting it had armor in its skin like some other titanosaurs.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Malawisaurus was a giant like Argentinosaurus.

真相： Malawisaurus was actually one of the smaller sauropods, reaching only about 11 to 15 metres long.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Malawisaurus
命名者: Jacobs et al. 19934
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Lithostrotia4
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)4
岩層: Dinosaur Beds4
國家: 馬拉威4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 8 筆4
發現: The first fossils were found around 1924 in Malawi, and Sidney H. Haughton named the species in 1928. In 1993, Louis L. Jacobs and colleagues gave it the new name Malawisaurus after more bones were found.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Malawisaurus lived in South America too, because only a single tooth from Brazil might belong to it.1