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Phosphatotitan

名字的意思： “phosphate giant”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀晚期

Phosphatotitan was a long-necked sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Morocco. It was a plant-eater and walked on four sturdy legs. Even though it was big, it was much smaller than its giant relatives like Patagotitan.1

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Sidi Chennane phosphate mine, Khouribga Province, Morocco1 2

長度

11.9 到 15.9 m (39 到 52 ft)1 2

體重

3.5 公噸到 4 公噸 (7,700 到 8,800 lb)2

高度

3.7 m (12 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 20 公里（12 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 2.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 4 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 88 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 200 隻狗一樣重跟 800 顆西瓜一樣重跟 5 整班小學生一樣重跟 9 隻北極熊一樣重能在 18 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Phosphatotitan 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)

Phosphatotitan 時速約 20 公里 (12 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

Phosphatotitan lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.4

Its fossils were found in a phosphate mine, which is why it was named 'phosphate giant'.1

Phosphatotitan weighed about 3.5 to 4 tonnes, which is as much as a large elephant.2

Its closest relatives were giant South American sauropods like Patagotitan, but Phosphatotitan was much smaller.2

The only known skeleton includes vertebrae from the back, tail, and hips, plus parts of the pelvis.1

Phosphatotitan lived in a warm, shallow sea, and its bones were buried in phosphate sandstones.2

It was named in 2026 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues.1

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

?How big was Phosphatotitan?

It weighed about 3.5 to 4.3 tonnes, which is as much as a large elephant. It was much smaller than its giant relative Patagotitan.1 3

?What did Phosphatotitan eat?

It was a plant-eater, like all sauropod dinosaurs.1

?When did Phosphatotitan live?

It lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 72 to 66 million years ago.1

?Where was Phosphatotitan found?

Its fossils were discovered in a phosphate mine in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Khouribga Province, Morocco.1

?Is Phosphatotitan a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur.1

?Why is it called Phosphatotitan?

Its name means 'phosphate giant' because its fossils were found in phosphate deposits in Morocco.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Phosphatotitan
命名者: Longrich et al. 20264
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Argentinosauridae4
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Couche III4
國家: 摩洛哥4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Phosphatotitan was discovered in the Sidi Chennane phosphate mine in Morocco. It was named by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues in 2026 based on a partial skeleton.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Phosphatotitan got to Africa, since its closest relatives lived in South America.2