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Vectaerovenator

名字的意思： “unexpected Isle of Wight air-filled hunter”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍白堊紀早期

Vectaerovenator was a medium-sized meat-eating dinosaur that lived about 115 million years ago. Its bones were full of air pockets, like a bird's, which made its skeleton lighter. It was discovered on a beach in England, surprising scientists because such dinosaurs are rare in those rocks.1 5

生存年代

120 到 113 百萬年前5

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Knock Cliff, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom5 1

長度

4 m (13 ft)2 3

體重

200 kg (441 lb)3

最高速度

時速約 49 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？

牠有多重？

跟 10 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 22 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 40 顆西瓜一樣重跟 11 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 6 個小學生一樣重能在 7.3 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Vectaerovenator 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)

Vectaerovenator 時速約 49 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)

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趣味知識

Vectaerovenator's name means 'unexpected Isle of Wight air-filled hunter' because it was a surprise find in rocks that rarely contain dinosaur fossils.1

Its vertebrae had large air spaces, called camerae, which are also seen in birds and some other theropods.1

The only known fossils are a few neck and back bones, plus a rib, found on a beach at Knock Cliff.1

It lived during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 119 to 113 million years ago.5

Vectaerovenator is the first named theropod dinosaur from the Aptian of Europe that scientists consider a valid species.1

Scientists are not sure exactly which group of theropods Vectaerovenator belongs to, because its bones show a mix of features from different families.1

The fossils were discovered by a group of fossil hunters and later studied by researchers who named the dinosaur in 2020.1

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

?How big was Vectaerovenator?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long, based on the vertebrae. It was not fully grown, so adults may have been somewhat larger.2 4

?What did Vectaerovenator eat?

It was a meat-eating theropod dinosaur, so it ate other animals. Its exact diet is not known from the few bones found.2

?When did Vectaerovenator live?

It lived during the late Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous period, about 115 million years ago.2 4

?Where was Vectaerovenator found?

Its fossils were found on a beach at Knock Cliff on the Isle of Wight, England, in rocks that were once a shallow sea.2 4

給恐龍專家

學名: Vectaerovenator
命名者: Barker et al. 20205
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Tetanurae5
分類: Theropoda5
岩石的年代: 120 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)5
岩層: Ferruginous Sands5
國家: 英國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Vectaerovenator was named in 2020 by Chris Barker and colleagues based on vertebrae found on the foreshore near Knock Cliff on the Isle of Wight, UK. The fossils were collected by several people and are now kept at Dinosaur Isle Museum.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are unsure whether Vectaerovenator was a type of tyrannosauroid, megalosauroid, or allosauroid because its bones have features of many different groups.1