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Sarcolestes

名字的意思： “flesh robber”1

吃：植物甲龍類侏羅紀中期

Sarcolestes was an armoured dinosaur that lived in England about 165 million years ago. It had a bony plate fused to its jaw, which helped protect its face.2 1

生存年代

165 到 162 百萬年前3

侏羅紀中期

化石發現地

Oxford Clay, England, United Kingdom3 1

最高速度

時速約 18 公里（11 英里）

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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)

Sarcolestes 時速約 18 公里 (11 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)

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趣味知識

Sarcolestes is one of the oldest known armoured dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic.1

The only fossil found so far is a partial left lower jaw with a bony plate stuck to its side.2 1

When it was first discovered, scientists thought Sarcolestes was a meat-eating dinosaur. Now we know it was a plant-eater.1

Its name means 'flesh robber' because the first scientist who studied it believed it was a predator.1

Sarcolestes lived alongside other Jurassic animals in the Oxford Clay sea, which was a shallow ocean at the time.3

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

?What did Sarcolestes eat?

It was a plant-eater (herbivore). Scientists used to think it was a meat-eater, but now they know it ate plants.1 3

?How big was Sarcolestes?

Nobody knows for sure. The only fossil found is a partial jaw, so scientists cannot estimate its full size.1

?Is Sarcolestes a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is an armoured dinosaur called an ankylosaur.1

?Why is it called Sarcolestes?

Its name means 'flesh robber' in Greek. The first scientist who studied it thought it was a meat-eating predator, so he gave it that name.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Sarcolestes was a fierce meat-eater.

真相： Sarcolestes was actually a plant-eating armoured dinosaur, not a predator.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Sarcolestes
命名者: Lydekker 18933
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauria3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 165 到 162 百萬年 (Callovian)3
岩層: Oxford Clay3
國家: 英國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆3
發現: Sarcolestes was named in 1893 by Richard Lydekker. The fossil was found by Alfred Nicholson Leeds in the Oxford Clay of England.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Sarcolestes belongs to the nodosaurid family of armoured dinosaurs or to another group.2 1