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Nanshiungosaurus

名字的意思： “Nanxiong lizard”1

吃：植物奇特的羽毛恐龍白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

Nanshiungosaurus was a big, pot-bellied dinosaur that walked on two legs and had a beak like a bird. It lived in what is now China near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, about 67 million years ago.2 1

生存年代

113 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province, China2

長度

4.4 到 5 m (14 到 16 ft)2 1

體重

600 kg 到 907 kg (1,300 到 2,000 lb)2

高度

2 m (6.6 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 23 公里（14 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？

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牠有多重？

跟 45 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 180 顆西瓜一樣重跟 48 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 28 個小學生一樣重跟 2 隻北極熊一樣重能在 16 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Nanshiungosaurus 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)

Nanshiungosaurus 時速約 23 公里 (14 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

Nanshiungosaurus had a very long neck with unusually strong back bones, and its hips were wide and bulky.2

When it was first discovered in 1974, scientists thought it was a weird dwarf sauropod, not a therizinosaur.2

It lived alongside the long-snouted tyrannosaur Qianzhousaurus and many oviraptorosaurs like Banji and Corythoraptor.2

Nanshiungosaurus was one of the last therizinosaurs to exist, living just before the dinosaur extinction.2

Its name comes from Nanxiong, the city near where its fossils were found, and the Greek word for lizard.2

Only the backbone and pelvis of Nanshiungosaurus have been found, so no one knows what its head looked like.1

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

?How big was Nanshiungosaurus?

About 5 metres long and weighed roughly 600 to 907 kilograms.2

?What did Nanshiungosaurus eat?

It was omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and animals. It had a beak and teeth for feeding.1

?When did Nanshiungosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 84 to 71 million years ago, or near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

?Where was Nanshiungosaurus found?

Its fossils were found in China, in the Nanxiong Basin of Guangdong Province.2

?Did Nanshiungosaurus have feathers?

Scientists think it likely had feathers, like other therizinosaurs, but no feathers were found with its fossils.2

?Was Nanshiungosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a theropod dinosaur, specifically a therizinosaurid.2

?Why is it called Nanshiungosaurus?

Its name means 'Nanxiong lizard', after the city near where its fossils were found.2

?Could Nanshiungosaurus fly?

No, it was a ground-dwelling dinosaur that walked on two legs. It could not fly.2

迷思破解王

迷思： Nanshiungosaurus was a sauropod dinosaur.

真相： Scientists now know it was a therizinosaur, a type of feathered theropod with a beak and claws.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Nanshiungosaurus
命名者: Dong 19794
類群: 奇特的羽毛恐龍
科 / 演化支: Therizinosauridae4
分類: Theropoda > Therizinosauria4
岩石的年代: 113 到 66 百萬年 (Albian / Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Zhonggou, Yuanpu4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: The first fossils were found in 1974 by a team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in China. Dong Zhiming named and described Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus in 1979.2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if a second species called 'Nanshiungosaurus' bohlini really belongs to this genus, because it is older and from a different place.2