恐龍卡第 1795 張，共 2 027 張

Thililua

名字的意思： “aquatic god in Berber mythology”1

吃：肉蛇頸龍類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Thililua was a short-necked plesiosaur that swam in warm seas off the coast of Africa. It had a long, slender snout and many sharp teeth to catch fish. This marine reptile was about as long as a small bus.1

趣味小知識：這種海生爬蟲類在海裡游泳的時候，恐龍正在陸地上走路。大家都叫牠們恐龍，但牠們其實是爬蟲類的另一個分支。

生存年代

94 到 90 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Near Goulmima, Er-Rachidia Province, southern Morocco1

長度

5.5 到 6 m (18 到 20 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 27 公里（17 英里）

游泳, 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？

跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 33 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 6.7 秒內游完一座大泳池（50 公尺）

Thililua 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)

Thililua 時速約 27 公里 (17 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

Thililua is the first polycotylid plesiosaur ever found in Africa.1

Its name comes from a Berber water god, because it lived in the sea.1

Thililua had 30 neck vertebrae, and some of them had ridges on the sides that no other polycotylid had.1

The only known fossil includes a nearly complete skull and 37 vertebrae, found in a nodule of rock.1

Thililua lived about 93 to 90 million years ago, during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.3

Its teeth were all about the same size, with no big fangs like some other plesiosaurs.1

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

?How big was Thililua?

Thililua was about 5.5 to 6 metres long, which is roughly the length of a small bus.2 1

?What did Thililua eat?

Thililua ate fish and other small sea creatures. It had a long, slender snout and many sharp, cone-shaped teeth that were all about the same size, perfect for catching slippery prey.2 1

?When did Thililua live?

Thililua lived about 93 to 90 million years ago, during the early Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous period.2 3

給恐龍專家

學名: Thililua
命名者: Bardet et al. 20033
類群: 蛇頸龍類
科 / 演化支: Polycotylidae3
分類: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
岩石的年代: 94 到 90 百萬年 (Turonian)3
岩層: Akrabou3
國家: 摩洛哥3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Thililua was named in 2003 by Nathalie Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Nour-Eddine Jalil. The only specimen was found near Goulmima in Morocco, though the exact spot is unknown.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Thililua was more closely related to long-necked plesiosaurs or to short-necked pliosaurs.1