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Tarascosaurus

名字的意思： “Tarasque lizard, after the Tarasque, a monster from French folklore”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀晚期

Tarascosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now France, about 83 to 72 million years ago. It was a small predator, only about as long as a car, and it belonged to a group of dinosaurs called abelisaurids.1 2

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)2

長度

2.5 到 3 m (8.2 到 9.8 ft)1

體重

90 kg (198 lb)3

高度

0.99 m (3.2 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 51 公里（32 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 4 隻狗一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 17 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 18 顆西瓜一樣重跟 5 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 3 個小學生一樣重能在 7.1 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Tarascosaurus 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)

Tarascosaurus 時速約 51 公里 (32 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

Tarascosaurus was named in 1991 by French paleontologists Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut.1

The name Tarascosaurus comes from the Tarasque, a dragon-like monster from French and Spanish folklore.1

Its fossils include a thigh bone, two back vertebrae, and a tail vertebra, all found in southern France.1

Some scientists think Tarascosaurus might be a nomen dubium, meaning its fossils are too incomplete to be sure it is a distinct species.1

Tarascosaurus lived during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, between 83.6 and 72.2 million years ago.2

It was a ground-dwelling dinosaur that moved actively on two legs.2

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

?How big was Tarascosaurus?

Tarascosaurus was a relatively small theropod, measuring about 2.5 to 3 metres (8.2 to 9.8 feet) long.1

?What did Tarascosaurus eat?

Tarascosaurus was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It was a theropod dinosaur, a group known for being meat-eaters.4

?When did Tarascosaurus live?

Tarascosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 83 to 72 million years ago, during the Campanian age.1 4

?Where was Tarascosaurus found?

Tarascosaurus fossils were found in southern France, in a place called Lambeau du Beausset. The bones include a thigh bone, two back vertebrae, and a tail vertebra.1

?Is Tarascosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Tarascosaurus is a dinosaur. It is a theropod dinosaur belonging to the family Abelisauridae.1

?Why is Tarascosaurus called a nomen dubium?

Some scientists think Tarascosaurus might be a nomen dubium, meaning its fossils are too incomplete to be sure it is a distinct species. In 2003, two studies concluded this because the material was not diagnostic enough.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Tarascosaurus
命名者: Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 19914
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Abelisauridae4
分類: Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
國家: 法國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Tarascosaurus was named and described in 1991 by Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut. They studied bones that had been collected by an unknown person from a place called Lambeau du Beausset in southern France.1
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Tarascosaurus is a valid genus or a nomen dubium, because its fossils are very fragmentary and may not have enough unique features.1