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Taohelong

名字的意思： “dragon from the Taohe River”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Taohelong was a slow, armoured dinosaur that munched on plants. It had bony plates all over its back and hips, like a built-in suit of armour. This dinosaur lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous period.4 1

生存年代

126 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Guanmengou No. 4 bonebed, Lanzhou‑Minhe Basin, Gansu Province, China4 1

長度

5 m (16 ft)2

體重

1.1 公噸 (2,400 lb)2

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 18 公里（11 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 55 隻狗一樣重

跟 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 28 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 220 顆西瓜一樣重跟 58 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 34 個小學生一樣重跟 2.5 隻北極熊一樣重能在 20 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Taohelong 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)

Taohelong 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

Taohelong is the first polacanthine ankylosaur ever found in Asia. Its closest relative is Polacanthus from England.1

Its armour included a special shield made of many different‑sized bony plates that were arranged in a messy, irregular pattern.1

Scientists know Taohelong from a set of back bones, ribs, a hip bone, and armour pieces. No skull has been found yet.4

The type specimen is stored at the Gansu Dinosaur Museum under the number GSDM 00021.4

Taohelong lived between about 126 and 113 million years ago, during the Barremian to Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous.4

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

?How big was Taohelong?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a few bones have been found, but it was probably about 4 to 5 metres long, similar to its relative Polacanthus.3 1

?What did Taohelong eat?

Taohelong ate plants. It was an armoured dinosaur that munched on low-growing vegetation.3

?When did Taohelong live?

Taohelong lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 126 to 113 million years ago.3 4

?Where was Taohelong found?

Taohelong was discovered in north-central China, in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin near the border of Yongjing and Lintao counties.3 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Taohelong
命名者: Yang et al. 20134
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Nodosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 126 到 113 百萬年 (Barremian / Aptian)4
岩層: 54
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Taohelong was named in 2013 by Yang Jing‑Tao, You Hai‑Lu, Li Da‑Qing and Kong De‑Lai. The fossils were found in the Hekou Group of the Lanzhou‑Minhe Basin in north‑central China.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Taohelong grew, because only a few bones have been discovered.4