恐龍卡第 1605 張，共 2 027 張

Scelidosaurus

名字的意思： “limb lizard”1

吃：植物甲龍類三疊紀晚期到侏羅紀早期

Scelidosaurus was an early armoured dinosaur that walked on four legs and ate plants. It lived in what is now England during the Early Jurassic, about 191 million years ago. Its body was covered with rows of bony plates that protected it from predators.1 2

生存年代

206 到 175 百萬年前5

三疊紀晚期到侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

England, United Kingdom, especially near Charmouth in Dorset, and also in Northern Ireland1 2 3

長度

4 m (13 ft)1 2

體重

270 kg (595 lb)1

高度

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 23 公里（14 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

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牠有多長？

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牠有多重？

跟 14 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 22 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 54 顆西瓜一樣重跟 14 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 8 個小學生一樣重能在 16 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Scelidosaurus 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)

Scelidosaurus 時速約 23 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)

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趣味知識

Scelidosaurus was one of the first complete dinosaurs ever found, and it is one of the most completely known dinosaurs from the British Isles.1

Its name was meant to mean 'hindlimb lizard', but the scientist who named it mixed up two Greek words, so it actually means 'rib of beef lizard'.1

Scelidosaurus had long horizontal rows of keeled oval bony plates (osteoderms) along its neck, back and tail for protection.1

It lived during the Early Jurassic, when Europe was a group of islands.1

The first fossils were found in the 1850s by quarry owner James Harrison near Charmouth, England.1

Scelidosaurus had a small head and a large gut to digest tough plants.1

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

?How big was Scelidosaurus?

About 4 metres (13 ft) long and weighed around 270 kg (600 lb).1 2

?What did Scelidosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore that ate low scrubby plants, biting them off with its small head and digesting them in its large gut.1 2

?When did Scelidosaurus live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 191 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Scelidosaurus found?

Its fossils have been found in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation near Charmouth in Dorset, England.1

?Did Scelidosaurus have armor?

Yes, it was covered in rows of bony plates called osteoderms along its neck, back, and tail for protection.1 4

?Could Scelidosaurus walk on two legs?

It mostly walked on all fours, but it may have been able to rear up on its hind legs to reach food, and a trackway suggests it could walk on two legs sometimes.1

?Is Scelidosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a herbivorous armoured ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic.1 2

?Who named Scelidosaurus?

The famous scientist Richard Owen named it in 1859.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Scelidosaurus
命名者: Owen 18595
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Scelidosauridae5
分類: Ornithischia > Thyreophora5
岩石的年代: 206 到 175 百萬年 (Rhaetian / Toarcian)5
岩層: Charmouth Mudstone, Waterloo Mudstone5
國家: 英國, 中國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 13 筆5
發現: Scelidosaurus was named and described by the famous scientist Richard Owen in 1859, based on fossils sent to him by James Harrison and Henry Norris from Charmouth, England. The type species Scelidosaurus harrisonii was named in 1861 in honor of Harrison.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Scelidosaurus is more closely related to stegosaurs or ankylosaurs, or if it is a very early member of the armoured dinosaur group.1 3