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Shamosaurus

名字的意思： “desert lizard”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Shamosaurus was an armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous. It had a flat skull, a beak without teeth, and its body was covered in bony plates and spikes for protection.2 1

生存年代

121 到 100 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Mongolia (Dornogovi and Övörkhangai provinces)2 3

長度

5 到 7 m (16 到 23 ft)2

體重

2 公噸 (4,400 lb)2

高度

2 m (6.6 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 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

牠有多重？

跟 1.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 7 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 39 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 100 隻狗一樣重跟 400 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 整班小學生一樣重跟 4 隻北極熊一樣重能在 24 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Shamosaurus 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)

Shamosaurus 時速約 15 公里 (9 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

Shamosaurus was one of the first ankylosaurs found in the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Its skeleton was discovered in 1977 by a Soviet-Mongolian expedition.2

Its name comes from the Mandarin Chinese words 'sha mo', meaning 'sand desert', because it was found in the Gobi Desert.2

Shamosaurus had two half-rings of armour around its neck, each made of six bony segments. These helped protect it from predators.2

The skull of Shamosaurus was flat and wide, with small, rounded horns at the back corners. Its eye sockets were large and oval-shaped.2

Shamosaurus is very similar to another ankylosaur called Gobisaurus, but Shamosaurus had a longer row of teeth in its upper jaw and a more sculptured skull roof.2

The only known skull of Shamosaurus is kept at the Palaeontological Institute in Moscow, Russia, where it is on display.2

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

?How big was Shamosaurus?

Shamosaurus was a medium sized ankylosaur. Scientists estimate it was about 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (2.2 short tons), though one estimate gives a length of 7 metres (23 feet).2

?What did Shamosaurus eat?

Shamosaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a beak without teeth at the front of its mouth and a longer row of teeth in its upper jaw to chew tough vegetation.1 2

?When did Shamosaurus live?

Shamosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 121 to 99 million years ago. Its fossils were found in Mongolia.1 2

?Did Shamosaurus have armour?

Yes, Shamosaurus had bony plates and spikes covering its body for protection. It also had two half-rings of armour around its neck, each made of six bony segments.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Shamosaurus
命名者: Tumanova 19834
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 121 到 100 百萬年 (Aptian / Albian)4
岩層: Dzunbain4
國家: 蒙古4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: Shamosaurus was named and described in 1983 by Russian paleontologist Tatyana Tumanova. The first skeleton was found in 1977 at the Hamrin-Us site in Mongolia.2 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Shamosaurus because only a skull and partial skeleton have been found. Different estimates give a length of 5 to 7 metres.2 1