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Pyroraptor

名字的意思： “fire thief”1

吃：肉迅猛龍類白堊紀晚期

Pyroraptor was a small, fast meat-eater that lived in what is now France and Spain. Its name means 'fire thief' because its bones were found after a big forest fire. Scientists think it looked a lot like Velociraptor.1

生存年代

84 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

France and Spain1 3

最高速度

時速約 43 公里（27 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)

Pyroraptor 時速約 43 公里 (27 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

Pyroraptor lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 84 to 71 million years ago.1

Only a handful of small bones and teeth have been found, so scientists have to guess what the whole animal looked like.1

Pyroraptor was a dromaeosaur, a group of feathered dinosaurs that includes Velociraptor.1 3

Another European dromaeosaur called Variraptor was found in the same place in France. Some experts think they might be the same dinosaur.1

Pyroraptor probably went extinct before the big meteorite hit Earth 66 million years ago.1

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

?How big was Pyroraptor?

It is hard to know because so few fossils have been found. It might have been about the same size as Velociraptor, or smaller.1

?Did Pyroraptor have feathers?

Yes, scientists think Pyroraptor was covered in feathers, just like many of its relatives such as Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus.2

?What did Pyroraptor eat?

Pyroraptor was a meat-eater. It had sharp, pointed teeth and a curved claw on each foot for catching and eating other animals.1

?When did Pyroraptor live?

Pyroraptor lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 84 to 71 million years ago. It probably died out before the big meteorite hit 66 million years ago.1

?Where was Pyroraptor found?

Its fossils were discovered in southern France, in Provence, after a forest fire in 1992. Some teeth from Spain might also belong to it.2

?Is Pyroraptor a dinosaur?

Yes, Pyroraptor is a dinosaur. It is a small theropod dinosaur called a dromaeosaurid.1

?How fast could Pyroraptor run?

Nobody knows for sure, but because it was a small, bird-like dinosaur that walked on two legs, it was probably fast. No exact speed has been estimated from the fossils.1

?Was Pyroraptor bigger than Velociraptor?

Probably not. Pyroraptor might have been about the same size as Velociraptor, or even smaller. Both had a similar-sized curved toe claw.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Pyroraptor
命名者: Allain and Taquet 20003
類群: 迅猛龍類
科 / 演化支: Dromaeosauridae3
分類: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
岩石的年代: 84 到 66 百萬年 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
岩層: La Posa, Vitoria3
國家: 西班牙, 法國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 3 筆3
發現: Pyroraptor was named by scientists Allain and Taquet in 2000. Its fossils were first found after a destructive forest fire in Provence, France.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Pyroraptor was or how closely it was related to Velociraptor, because so few fossils have been found.1