恐龍卡第 1209 張，共 2 027 張

Morelladon

名字的意思： “Morella tooth”1

吃：植物有喙的草食恐龍白堊紀早期

Morelladon was a medium-sized plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Spain. It had very tall spines on its back that may have supported a sail, making it look a bit like a lizard with a fin!2

生存年代

126 到 121 百萬年前5

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Morella, Castellón, Spain1 5

長度

6 m (20 ft)1

體重

2 公噸 (4,400 lb)1

高度

2.5 m (8.2 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 27 公里（17 英里）

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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 1.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 33 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 100 隻狗一樣重跟 400 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 整班小學生一樣重跟 4 隻北極熊一樣重能在 13 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Morelladon 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)

Morelladon 時速約 27 公里 (17 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)

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趣味知識

Morelladon's back spines were very tall. The longest ones were over four times taller than the bones of the vertebrae they sat on.1

This dinosaur lived about 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

Morelladon is known from a partial skeleton that includes seven back vertebrae, part of the hip bones, and a tooth.1

Scientists think Morelladon may have had a sail on its back, made of skin stretched over those tall spines.2

Morelladon was a styracosternan, meaning it was a close relative of Iguanodon.2

The name Morelladon honors the town of Morella in Spain, where the fossil was found.1

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

?How big was Morelladon?

Morelladon was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (about 4,400 pounds).1

?Did Morelladon have a sail?

Scientists think it may have had a sail on its back, made of skin stretched over its very tall neural spines. The longest spines were over four times taller than the vertebrae they sat on.1 4

?What did Morelladon eat?

Morelladon was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a tooth in its lower jaw for chewing plant material.1

?When did Morelladon live?

Morelladon lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Morelladon
命名者: Gasulla et al. 20155
類群: 有喙的草食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Hadrosauroidea5
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia5
岩石的年代: 126 到 121 百萬年 (Barremian)5
岩層: Arcillas de Morella5
國家: 西班牙5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Morelladon was named in 2015 by a team of Spanish paleontologists. The skeleton was found in a quarry near Morella, Spain, and prepared by several technicians.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if the tall spines on Morelladon's back supported a sail or a hump, because no skin impressions have been found.2