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Technosaurus

名字的意思： “Tech lizard, for Texas Tech University”1

吃：植物有喙的草食恐龍三疊紀晚期

Technosaurus was a small, plant-eating reptile that lived in Texas during the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It had special teeth with extra bumps that helped it chew tough plants.1 2

生存年代

227 到 206 百萬年前3

三疊紀晚期

化石發現地

Cooper Canyon Formation, Texas, USA1 3

長度

1 到 2 m (3.3 到 6.6 ft)1

體重

5 kg 到 15 kg (11 到 33 lb)1

高度

0.3 到 0.5 m (1 到 1.6 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 32 公里（20 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？

牠有多重？

跟 4 隻家貓一樣重

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 11 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 120 根香蕉一樣重能在 11 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Technosaurus 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)

Technosaurus 時速約 32 公里 (20 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

Technosaurus was named in 1984 by Sankar Chatterjee, who thought it was a small early dinosaur called a fabrosaurid.1

For about 20 years, scientists believed Technosaurus was a very early ornithischian dinosaur, but later studies showed it might not be a dinosaur at all.1

The original fossils of Technosaurus were a mix of bones from different animals, including a jaw piece that later turned out to belong to a strange crocodile-like reptile called Shuvosaurus.1

Technosaurus had teeth with both front and back accessory cusps (extra bumps), a feature that helps identify it as an ornithischian.2

The name Technosaurus comes from Texas Tech University, where the fossils were studied.1

Technosaurus lived during the Norian age of the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago.1 3

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

?Is Technosaurus a dinosaur?

Technosaurus is not considered a dinosaur. Scientists now believe the fossils originally identified as Technosaurus are actually a mix of different prehistoric animals.1

?How big was Technosaurus?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a few jaw and skull pieces have been found. It was probably small, like other early plant-eaters from the Triassic.1

?What did Technosaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its teeth had extra bumps that helped it chew tough plants.3

?When did Technosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Technosaurus is definitely a dinosaur.

真相： Scientists are not sure if Technosaurus is a true dinosaur or a close relative called a silesaurid. It may be a dinosauriform, not a dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Technosaurus
命名者: Chatterjee 19843
類群: 有喙的草食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Silesauridae3
分類: Ornithischia3
岩石的年代: 227 到 206 百萬年 (Norian)3
岩層: Cooper Canyon3
國家: 美國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Technosaurus was named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1984 based on fossils from the Cooper Canyon Formation in Texas. The type species is Technosaurus smalli.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Technosaurus is a true dinosaur or a close non-dinosaur relative called a silesaurid.1