恐龍卡第 1871 張，共 2 027 張

Vagaceratops

名字的意思： “wandering horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Vagaceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with a big, square frill on its head. It had short brow horns that looked like bumps and a weird, wavy edge on its frill made of flat bones. It lived in what is now Canada and the USA about 76 million years ago.1

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前2

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA1 2

長度

4.5 m (15 ft)1

體重

1.2 公噸 (2,600 lb)1

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 38 公里（24 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 60 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 25 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 240 顆西瓜一樣重跟 63 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 38 個小學生一樣重跟 2.5 隻北極熊一樣重能在 9.5 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Vagaceratops 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)

Vagaceratops 時速約 38 公里 (24 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

Vagaceratops had ten epoccipitals, which are small bones around its frill. Eight of them were flat and curved forward, making a jagged edge.1

Its frill was wider than it was long, which is unusual for chasmosaurine dinosaurs.1

Vagaceratops was first thought to be a species of Chasmosaurus, called Chasmosaurus irvinensis, before being given its own name in 2010.1

Scientists are not sure if Vagaceratops is more closely related to Kosmoceratops from Utah or to Chasmosaurus.1

The name Vagaceratops means 'wandering horned face' because it is closely related to Kosmoceratops, which lived far away in Utah.1

Vagaceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 76.2 million years ago.1

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

?How big was Vagaceratops?

Vagaceratops was a medium sized ceratopsian, reaching about 4.5 metres (15 feet) in length and weighing about 1.2 tonnes (1.3 short tons).1

?What did Vagaceratops eat?

Vagaceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur. It had a parrot-like beak for cropping plants.1

?Why is it called Vagaceratops?

The name means 'wandering horned face' because it is closely related to Kosmoceratops, which lived far away in Utah.1

?Is Vagaceratops the same as Chasmosaurus?

Scientists disagree. Some think Vagaceratops is its own genus, while others think it is a species of Chasmosaurus called Chasmosaurus irvinensis.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Vagaceratops had long, sharp horns on its brow like Triceratops.

真相： Vagaceratops had very short brow horns that were reduced to low bumps, not long spikes.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Vagaceratops
命名者: Sampson 20102
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsidae2
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae2
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)2
岩層: Dinosaur Park, Oldman, Judith River2
國家: 加拿大, 美國2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 7 筆2
又名: Mercuriceratops （舊名稱現在也算作同一種動物）2
發現: Vagaceratops was named by paleontologist Scott D. Sampson and colleagues in 2010. The fossils were originally described in 2001 as a species of Chasmosaurus, but later moved to a new genus.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Vagaceratops should be its own genus or just a species of Chasmosaurus.1