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Vayuraptor

名字的意思： “wind thief”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀早期

Vayuraptor was a fast, meat-eating dinosaur that ran on two legs. It lived in what is now Thailand during the Early Cretaceous, about 124 million years ago. Scientists think it might have been a megaraptoran, a group of dinosaurs with big claws and long snouts.1 2

生存年代

126 到 121 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Phu Wat Site A1, Nong Bua Lamphu Province, Thailand1 2

長度

4 到 4.5 m (13 到 15 ft)1

高度

1.4 m (4.6 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 48 公里（30 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 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能在 7.5 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Vayuraptor 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)

Vayuraptor 時速約 48 公里 (30 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

Vayuraptor's name comes from Vayu, the Hindu god of wind, because its long, slender shin bone suggests it was a fast runner.1

The first Vayuraptor fossils were found in 1988 by Paladej Srisuk, but the dinosaur wasn't named until 2019.1 2

Scientists know Vayuraptor from a partial skeleton, including a left shin bone with fused ankle bones, which shows it was a mature adult.1

Vayuraptor had a very tall and narrow ankle bone, with a height to width ratio of 1.66, which is unique to this dinosaur.2

Vayuraptor lived alongside other dinosaurs like Phuwiangvenator, Kinnareemimus, and Siamosaurus in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.1

The rocks where Vayuraptor was found are about 124 to 121 million years old, from a time called the Barremian age.1 3

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

?How big was Vayuraptor?

About 4 to 4.5 metres (13 to 15 feet) long. That is about the length of a small car.1

?What did Vayuraptor eat?

It was a meat-eater. As a possible megaraptoran, it likely used its big claws and long snout to hunt other animals.1

?How fast could Vayuraptor run?

Scientists think it was very fast because of its long, slender shin bone. The name 'wind thief' comes from this speed, but no one knows the exact speed.1

?Was Vayuraptor a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a theropod dinosaur. It walked on two legs and lived during the Early Cretaceous.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Vayuraptor was a type of bird-like raptor, like Velociraptor.

真相： Vayuraptor was a coelurosaurian theropod, possibly a megaraptoran, but it was not a dromaeosaurid like Velociraptor. It had different features and lived in a different time and place.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Vayuraptor
命名者: Samathi et al. 20193
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Megaraptora3
分類: Theropoda > Megaraptora3
岩石的年代: 126 到 121 百萬年 (Barremian)3
岩層: Sao Khua3
國家: 泰國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Vayuraptor was discovered by Paladej Srisuk in 1988 at Phu Wat Site A1 in Thailand. It was named and described by Samathi, Chanthasit, and Sander in 2019.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Vayuraptor fits in the dinosaur family tree. It might be a megaraptoran, but more fossils are needed to be certain.2