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Turanoceratops

名字的意思： “Turan horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Turanoceratops was a small, plant-eating dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and two long horns above its eyes. It lived in what is now Uzbekistan about 90 million years ago. Scientists think it was a close cousin of the famous horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.1 2

生存年代

94 到 90 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Dzharakuduk, Navoi Viloyat, Uzbekistan1 3

長度

2 m (6.6 ft)1

體重

175 kg (386 lb)1

高度

0.76 m (2.5 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 37 公里（23 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？

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牠有多重？

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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 35 顆西瓜一樣重跟 9 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 5 個小學生一樣重能在 9.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Turanoceratops 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)

Turanoceratops 時速約 37 公里 (23 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

Turanoceratops had two long horns above its eyes, like the later ceratopsids, but it lacked a nose horn.2

Its teeth had two roots each, which is a more advanced feature than in earlier horned dinosaurs like Zuniceratops.2

Turanoceratops lived during the Turonian stage, about 90 million years ago, making it one of the oldest known ceratopsids or their close relatives.1 3

The first fossils of Turanoceratops were found in the 1920s by Soviet scientists, but it was not officially named until 1989.1

Some scientists think Turanoceratops was a true ceratopsid, which would make it the only one known from Asia. Others disagree and place it just outside the group.1 2

The name Turanoceratops means 'Turan horned face', after the ancient Persian name for the region where it was found.1

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

?How big was Turanoceratops?

Turanoceratops was a relatively small dinosaur. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated its length at about 2 metres (6.6 ft) and its weight at 175 kilograms (386 lb).1

?What did Turanoceratops eat?

Turanoceratops was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It likely fed on ferns and conifers, using its sharp beak to bite off leaves or needles.1

?When did Turanoceratops live?

Turanoceratops lived during the late Cretaceous Period, about 90 million years ago, in the mid-late Turonian stage.1 4

?Was Turanoceratops a ceratopsid?

Scientists disagree. Some, like Sues and Averianov, think it was a true ceratopsid, which would make it the only one from Asia. Others, like Farke, think it was a close relative but not a true ceratopsid.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Turanoceratops
命名者: Nessov et al. 19894
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsoidea4
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia4
岩石的年代: 94 到 90 百萬年 (Turonian)4
岩層: Bissekty4
國家: 烏茲別克4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 6 筆4
發現: Turanoceratops was named in 1989 by Lev Nesov and colleagues based on a damaged upper jaw bone found near Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan. The species name 'tardabilis' means 'retarding' in Latin, referring to the slow research process.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Turanoceratops was a true member of the Ceratopsidae family or just a close relative.1 2