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Turiasaurus

名字的意思： “Turia lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

Turiasaurus was one of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived in Europe. It was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that weighed as much as 10 elephants! Its fossils were found in Spain, and scientists think it may have been the heaviest land animal in Europe during the Jurassic period.1 2

生存年代

155 到 143 百萬年前5

侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Teruel Province, Spain1 3

長度

21 到 30 m (69 到 98 ft)1

體重

30 公噸到 50 公噸 (66,100 到 110,200 lb)1

高度

6.4 m (21 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 10 公里（6 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 8 頭大象一樣重

跟 7 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 170 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 10000 顆西瓜一樣重跟 62 整班小學生一樣重跟 110 隻北極熊一樣重高到能從 3 樓的窗戶往裡看能在 36 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Turiasaurus 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)

Turiasaurus 時速約 10 公里 (6 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 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

Turiasaurus had a surprisingly small skull, only about 70 centimeters long. Scientists think a bigger head might have made it break its own neck.1

Its upper arm bone (humerus) was 1.79 meters long, longer than most adult humans are tall.2

Turiasaurus belongs to a group called Turiasauria, which includes other European sauropods like Losillasaurus and Galvesaurus.1 2

It lived during the Late Jurassic, about 155 to 146 million years ago, in what is now Spain.1 3

The first fossils of Turiasaurus were found in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation, and included an arm, skull pieces, teeth, and ribs.1

Turiasaurus was not a neosauropod, meaning it belonged to a more primitive branch of the sauropod family tree.1

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

?How big was Turiasaurus?

Turiasaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs ever found in Europe. It was about 25 to 30 metres long and weighed around 40 to 51 tonnes.1 2

?What did Turiasaurus eat?

Turiasaurus was a plant-eater, or herbivore. It used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns high up in trees.4

?When did Turiasaurus live?

Turiasaurus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 155 to 146 million years ago.1

?Where was Turiasaurus found?

Fossils of Turiasaurus were found in Spain, in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Riodeva, Teruel Province.1

?Was Turiasaurus bigger than T. rex?

Yes, Turiasaurus was much bigger than T. rex. Turiasaurus was a giant sauropod that could reach 30 metres long, while T. rex was only about 12 metres long.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Turiasaurus
命名者: Royo-Torres et al. 20065
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Turiasauria5
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda5
岩石的年代: 155 到 143 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)5
岩層: Villar del Arzobispo5
國家: 西班牙5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 5 筆5
發現: Turiasaurus was named in 2006 by paleontologists Rafael Royo-Torres, Alberto Cobos, and Luis Alcalá. The fossils were found in Riodeva, Teruel Province, Spain.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Turiasaurus. Early estimates suggested it could be up to 39 meters long, but newer studies think it was between 21 and 30 meters.1