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Protarchaeopteryx

名字的意思： “before Archaeopteryx”1

吃：每樣都來一點奇特的羽毛恐龍白堊紀早期

Protarchaeopteryx was a turkey-sized dinosaur covered in feathers, but it could not fly. It lived in China about 124 million years ago and was probably a fast runner.1

生存年代

126 到 120 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Liaoning Province, China1 2

長度

0.7 到 1 m (2.3 到 3.3 ft)1

體重

1.6 kg (4 lb)1

高度

0.41 m (1.3 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 22 公里（14 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？

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牠有多重？

跟 13 根香蕉一樣重

跟 2 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 6 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長比一隻家貓還輕跟 13 根香蕉一樣重小到能從椅子底下走過去能在 16 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Protarchaeopteryx 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)

Protarchaeopteryx 時速約 22 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

Protarchaeopteryx had long, vaned feathers on its tail, but because the feathers were symmetrical, scientists think it could not fly.1

Its bones were hollow like a bird's, and it had a wishbone.1

It had three fingers with sharp, curved claws on each hand.1

Some scientists think it might have climbed trees and used its feathered arms to parachute down.1

Its name means 'before Archaeopteryx', but it actually lived later than Archaeopteryx, in the Cretaceous period.1

The only known skeleton is a partial one, kept at the Geological Museum of China.1

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

?How big was Protarchaeopteryx?

It was about 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, or possibly as small as 0.7 metres (2.3 ft), and weighed around 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lb). That's about the size of a turkey.1

?Could Protarchaeopteryx fly?

No, it could not fly. Its tail feathers were symmetrical, like those of modern flightless birds, and its skeleton could not support flapping flight.1 3

?What did Protarchaeopteryx eat?

It was probably a herbivore or omnivore, though its hands looked like those of small meat-eating dinosaurs.1

?Did Protarchaeopteryx have feathers?

Yes, it had well-developed, vaned feathers on its body, arms, and a fan on its tail. The feathers were symmetrical, which is why it couldn't fly.1 3

迷思破解王

迷思： Because it had feathers, some people think Protarchaeopteryx could fly like a bird.

真相： Its feathers were symmetrical and its body was too heavy for flapping flight, so scientists believe it was flightless.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Protarchaeopteryx
命名者: Ji and Ji 19974
類群: 奇特的羽毛恐龍
科 / 演化支: Oviraptorosauria4
分類: Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
岩石的年代: 126 到 120 百萬年 (Barremian / Aptian)4
岩層: Yixian4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Protarchaeopteryx was named by Ji Qiang and Ji Shu-An in 1997, based on a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Protarchaeopteryx fits in the dinosaur family tree. Some think it is an early oviraptorosaur, while others think it is closer to birds.1