恐龍卡第 1527 張，共 2 027 張

Quilmesaurus

名字的意思： “Quilmes lizard, after the Quilmes people of Argentina”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀晚期

Quilmesaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It was a medium-sized predator with strong legs, and it belonged to the same family as the famous horned dinosaur Carnotaurus.1 3

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Salitral Ojo de Agua, Río Negro province, Argentina1 3

長度

最多 5.3 m (17 ft)1

高度

1.7 m (5.6 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 45 公里（28 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

跟 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 29 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 8 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Quilmesaurus 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)

Quilmesaurus 時速約 45 公里 (28 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

Quilmesaurus is known only from a partial right leg: the lower half of the thighbone and a complete shinbone.1

It lived about 75 to 66 million years ago, during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous.1

The shinbone of Quilmesaurus shows signs of a possible disease or injury, though scientists are not sure what caused it.1

Quilmesaurus was about 5.3 metres (17 feet) long, making it one of the smaller members of its family, the abelisaurids.1

Its leg bones were very sturdy, similar to those of Pycnonemosaurus, which was one of the largest abelisaurids.1

The Allen Formation where Quilmesaurus was found was once a humid coastal area with forests of palm trees and plum pines.1

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

?Was Quilmesaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Quilmesaurus was a meat-eating theropod dinosaur.1

?How big was Quilmesaurus?

About 5.3 metres (17 feet) long. This made it one of the larger members of its family, the abelisaurids.1

?What did Quilmesaurus eat?

It was a carnivore (meat-eater), like other abelisaurid dinosaurs.1

?Is Quilmesaurus a nomen dubium?

Some scientists think it might be a nomen dubium (a dubious name) because its leg bones look very similar to those of other abelisaurids and lack unique features.1 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Quilmesaurus is a valid, well-known dinosaur species.

真相： Many scientists think Quilmesaurus may be a nomen vanum (dubious name) because its bones lack unique features that clearly separate it from other abelisaurids.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Quilmesaurus
命名者: Coria 20013
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Abelisauridae3
分類: Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae3
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)3
岩層: Allen3
國家: 阿根廷3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: In the late 1980s, a team led by Jaime Powell found the bones near Salitral Ojo de Agua in Argentina. Rodolfo Coria named and described Quilmesaurus curriei in 2001, naming it after the Quilmes people and honoring dinosaur expert Philip Currie.1
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Quilmesaurus is a distinct species or just a set of bones that could belong to another known abelisaurid.1 2