恐龍卡第 1574 張，共 2 027 張

Samrukia

名字的意思： “Samruk, the magical bird from Kazakh folklore”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Samrukia was a huge flying reptile that lived in what is now Kazakhstan. It had a very long jaw, and scientists first thought it was a giant bird. Now they think it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1

趣味小知識：翼龍在恐龍頭上飛來飛去，但牠們是恐龍的親戚，不是恐龍喔。

生存年代

86 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Akkurgan, Kyzylorda District, southern Kazakhstan4 2

翼展

4 m (13 ft)1

體重

12 kg 到 50 kg (26 到 110 lb)2

高度

2 到 3 m (6.6 到 9.8 ft)1 3

最高速度

時速約 63 公里（39 英里）

飛行, 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？

牠的翅膀有多寬？

牠有多高？

牠有多重？

跟 2.5 隻狗一樣重

翅膀跟 2 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬跟 12 隻家貓一樣重跟 10 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 1.5 個小學生一樣重能在 6 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Samrukia 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)

Samrukia 時速約 63 公里 (39 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

Samrukia is known only from a single lower jaw bone, which is more than 275 millimetres long.2

When first discovered, scientists thought Samrukia was a giant bird, but later studies showed it was a pterosaur.1

Samrukia lived about 84 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

If Samrukia could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1

The jaw of Samrukia has no teeth, so it probably had a beak.2

Samrukia is named after Samruk, a magical bird from Kazakh mythology.1

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

?Was Samrukia a dinosaur?

No, Samrukia was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Samrukia?

If it could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1

?What did Samrukia eat?

Samrukia had no teeth in its lower jaw, so it probably had a beak. Scientists think it may have eaten fish or other small animals, but no one knows for sure.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Samrukia was a giant bird.

真相： Scientists now agree that Samrukia was a pterosaur, not a bird. The jaw bone has features that are only found in pterosaurs.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Samrukia
命名者: Naish et al. 20124
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Pterosauria4
分類: Pterosauria4
岩石的年代: 86 到 72 百萬年 (Santonian / Campanian)4
岩層: Bostobe4
國家: 哈薩克4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Samrukia was named in 2012 by Darren Naish and his team. The only fossil, a lower jaw, was found in the Bostobynskaya Formation in Kazakhstan.1 4
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Samrukia could fly or if it was flightless, because only its jaw has been found.1