恐龍卡第 1150 張，共 2 027 張

Mbiresaurus

名字的意思： “Mbire lizard, named after the Mbire people of Zimbabwe”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍三疊紀晚期

Mbiresaurus was one of the oldest dinosaurs ever found in Africa. It was a long-necked plant-eater that lived about 230 million years ago in what is now Zimbabwe.1

生存年代

237 到 227 百萬年前6

三疊紀晚期

化石發現地

Zimbabwe, in the Dande District of the Cabora Bassa Basin2

長度

1.8 m (5.9 ft)3 4

體重

9.1 kg 到 29.5 kg (20 到 65 lb)3 4

高度

0.59 m (1.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 33 公里（21 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 隻家貓一樣重

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 10 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 6 顆西瓜一樣重能在 11 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Mbiresaurus 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)

Mbiresaurus 時速約 33 公里 (21 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

Mbiresaurus is the oldest definitive dinosaur ever found in Africa, dating back to the Carnian stage about 235 million years ago.1

Its nearly complete skeleton was found in Zimbabwe, making it one of the most complete early dinosaur skeletons from Africa.1

Mbiresaurus lived in a time when dinosaurs were not yet spread across the whole world. Climate belts, not continents, controlled where they could live.1

The rocks where Mbiresaurus was found are part of the Pebbly Arkose Formation, which is about 209 million years old or older.2

Mbiresaurus was a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that later included giants like Brachiosaurus.6

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

?How big was Mbiresaurus?

Mbiresaurus was about 1.8 metres (6 feet) long, including its long tail. It weighed somewhere between 9 and 29 kilograms (20 to 65 pounds).3

?What did Mbiresaurus eat?

Mbiresaurus was a plant-eater, but it might also have eaten some meat. It had small, serrated, triangle-shaped teeth, which suggests it was an herbivore or possibly an omnivore.3

?When did Mbiresaurus live?

Mbiresaurus lived about 230 million years ago, during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic period. That makes it one of the oldest dinosaurs ever found in Africa.3 5

?Where was Mbiresaurus found?

Mbiresaurus was found in northern Zimbabwe, in the Mbire District. Its nearly complete skeleton was discovered in the Pebbly Arkose Formation during digs in 2017 and 2019.5 3

給恐龍專家

學名: Mbiresaurus
命名者: Griffin et al. 20226
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Sauropodomorpha6
分類: Sauropodomorpha6
岩石的年代: 237 到 227 百萬年 (Carnian)6
岩層: Pebbly Arkose6
國家: 辛巴威6
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 4 筆6
發現: Mbiresaurus was named by Griffin and colleagues in 2022, based on a nearly complete skeleton found in Zimbabwe.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how early dinosaurs spread across the supercontinent Pangaea, and whether climate or other factors controlled their distribution.1