恐龍卡第 1768 張，共 2 027 張

Tendaguria

名字的意思： “the Tendaguru one”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

Tendaguria was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that stomped through Late Jurassic Tanzania. It had special holes in its back bones that no other sauropod had. This gentle giant probably used its long neck to munch leaves high up in trees.1 3

生存年代

149 到 143 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Tanzania (Lindi region), in the Tendaguru Formation1 3

長度

20 m (66 ft)1

體重

12 公噸 (26,500 lb)2

高度

4.5 m (15 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 14 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 2 頭大象一樣重

跟 4 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 110 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 8 台汽車一樣重跟 2400 顆西瓜一樣重跟 15 整班小學生一樣重跟 27 隻北極熊一樣重高到能從 2 樓的窗戶往裡看能在 26 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Tendaguria 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)

Tendaguria 時速約 14 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

Tendaguria had two distinct cavities on the diapophyses of its anterior dorsal vertebrae, a feature that distinguishes it from other sauropods.1

It is unique among turiasaurs in having a defined ridge in the middle of the anteriormost dorsal spines.1

The type specimen consists of two anterior dorsal vertebrae, probably from the same individual, found a short distance apart.1

Tendaguria lived about 149 to 145 million years ago, during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic.1 3

A cervical vertebra referred to Tendaguria shows some similarities to Camarasaurus, another long-necked sauropod.1

The fossils were found in the Upper Saurian Bed of the Tendaguru Series, which is famous for many other dinosaurs.1

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

?How big was Tendaguria?

Tendaguria was a large sauropod, with its length estimated at about 20 metres (66 feet).1

?What did Tendaguria eat?

Tendaguria was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It probably used its long neck to munch leaves high up in trees.3 1

?When did Tendaguria live?

Tendaguria lived during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic, about 149 to 145 million years ago.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Tendaguria was a titanosaur, a type of giant sauropod.

真相： Scientists now think Tendaguria was a turiasaur, a different group of sauropods, based on detailed studies of its back bones.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Tendaguria
命名者: Bonaparte et al. 20003
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Turiasauria3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
岩石的年代: 149 到 143 百萬年 (Tithonian)3
岩層: Tendaguru3
國家: 坦尚尼亞3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆3
發現: In 1911, German geologist Wilhelm Bornhardt discovered two sauropod vertebrae near Tendaguru Hill in Tanzania. They were described in 1929 but not named until 2000, when José Bonaparte, Wolf-Dieter Heinrich, and Rupert Wild gave them the name Tendaguria tanzaniensis.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate exactly where Tendaguria fits in the sauropod family tree. Some studies place it with turiasaurs, while others have suggested it might be closer to titanosaurs.1