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Tsintaosaurus

名字的意思： “Qingdao lizard”1

吃：植物鴨嘴龍類白堊紀晚期

Tsintaosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Cretaceous. It had a strange, hollow crest on its head that looked a bit like a unicorn horn. This plant-eater could walk on four legs or run on two to escape predators.2 1

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前5

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Shandong Province, China2 1

長度

8.3 到 12 m (27 到 39 ft)2 1

體重

2.5 公噸 (5,500 lb)2

高度

3.6 m (12 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 26 公里（16 英里）

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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 1.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 2.5 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 67 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 120 隻狗一樣重跟 500 顆西瓜一樣重跟 3 整班小學生一樣重跟 6 隻北極熊一樣重能在 14 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Tsintaosaurus 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)

Tsintaosaurus 時速約 26 公里 (16 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)

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趣味知識

Tsintaosaurus was first thought to have a unicorn-like horn, but scientists now think the crest was actually part of a larger, hollow structure on its snout.2

The crest was hollow and may have been used to make loud honking sounds to communicate with other Tsintaosaurus.2

It lived about 84 to 71 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Tsintaosaurus is known from skulls and a partial skeleton, so scientists are still learning about its body.1

Like other hadrosaurs, Tsintaosaurus probably traveled in herds for protection.2

The name Tsintaosaurus comes from the old spelling of Qingdao, the city near where it was found.2

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

?How big was Tsintaosaurus?

About 8.3 metres (27 feet) long and weighed 2.5 tonnes (2.8 short tons), according to Wikipedia. The Natural History Museum gives a length of 12.0 metres, so estimates vary.2 1

?What did Tsintaosaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. It had a duck-like beak and strong teeth for chewing vegetation.2 1

?Why did Tsintaosaurus have a crest?

The crest was hollow and may have been used to make loud honking sounds to communicate. It might also have helped attract mates, and the hollow tube made the crest lighter.2 4

?Could Tsintaosaurus swim?

It had a large tail that may have helped it swim, according to the Australian Museum. It probably lived near lakes and rivers.4

?When did Tsintaosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 84 to 71 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Tsintaosaurus found?

It was found in Shandong Province, China, near the city of Qingdao (formerly spelled Tsingtao).2 4

迷思破解王

迷思： Tsintaosaurus had a single, solid horn like a unicorn.

真相： The crest was actually hollow and was the back part of a larger, flat crest that ran from the tip of the snout.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Tsintaosaurus
命名者: Young 19585
類群: 鴨嘴龍類
科 / 演化支: Hadrosauridae5
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae5
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)5
岩層: Jingangkou5
國家: 中國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 4 筆5
發現: Chinese paleontologist C. C. Young named Tsintaosaurus in 1958 after fossils were found near Laiyang, Shandong, China.2 1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate the exact shape and function of Tsintaosaurus's head crest, because only a few fossils have been found.2