恐龍卡第 1803 張，共 2 027 張

Tienshanosaurus

名字的意思： “Tienshan lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期

Tienshanosaurus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that stomped through what is now China during the Late Jurassic. It was so big that scientists think it could reach about 12 metres long, as long as a school bus! It probably used its long neck to munch leaves from tall trees.1

生存年代

162 到 155 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Fossils were found in Xinjiang, China, near the Tian Shan mountains.1

長度

12 到 15 m (39 到 49 ft)1 2

高度

3.5 m (11 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 16 公里（10 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

跟 3 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 83 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 22 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Tienshanosaurus 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)

Tienshanosaurus 時速約 16 公里 (10 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

Tienshanosaurus had a very long neck, with neck bones that were longer than its back bones.2

Its neck bones had deep holes called pleurocoels, which made the bones lighter.2

Scientists found fossils of about thirty adults and three babies together, which might mean they lived in groups.1

The first fossil was discovered in 1928 by a Chinese geology professor, and it included a fossilized egg.1

Tienshanosaurus is named after the Tian Shan, which means 'heavenly mountains' in Chinese.1

Some scientists think it was related to other long-necked dinosaurs like Mamenchisaurus and Euhelopus.1 3

Tienshanosaurus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Tienshanosaurus 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。

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Tienshanosaurus was a meat-eater because it had sharp teeth.

真相： Actually, Tienshanosaurus was a plant-eater, as shown by its teeth and the way its body was built.3

給恐龍專家

學名: Tienshanosaurus
命名者: Young 19373
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Mamenchisauridae3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
岩石的年代: 162 到 155 百萬年 (Oxfordian)3
岩層: Shishugou3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 3 筆3
發現: In 1928, Chinese geology professor Yuan Fuli found the first fossils in Xinjiang, China. Paleontologist Yang Zhongjian named it Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis in 1937.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate exactly which group of sauropods Tienshanosaurus belongs to, because its fossils are incomplete.1