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Velocipes

名字的意思： “quick foot”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍三疊紀晚期

Velocipes was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, about 227 to 205 million years ago. It was a fast runner with long legs, and it hunted smaller animals in what is now Poland.1 2

生存年代

227 到 206 百萬年前2

三疊紀晚期

化石發現地

Kocury, southern Poland1 2

長度

最多 3 m (9.8 ft)1

體重

最多 50 kg (110 lb)1

高度

0.99 m (3.2 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 50 公里（31 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 2.5 隻狗一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 17 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 12 隻家貓一樣重跟 10 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 1.5 個小學生一樣重能在 7.2 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Velocipes 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)

Velocipes 時速約 50 公里 (31 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

Velocipes is known from only one fossil: the top part of a leg bone called a fibula, which is 16.4 cm long.1

The bone was first discovered around 1884 by Georg Gürich, but it was not named until 1932 by Friedrich von Huene.1

The original fossil was damaged during World War II and was thought to be lost, but it was rediscovered in 2012.1

Scientists once thought Velocipes might not be a dinosaur at all, but newer studies confirm it was a theropod, a group of meat-eating dinosaurs.1

Velocipes lived alongside other Triassic animals like the aetosaur Kocurypelta and an early turtle called Proterochersis.1

The full fibula of Velocipes was probably about 30 to 35 cm long, which helps scientists guess its size.1

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

?How big was Velocipes?

Velocipes may have reached up to 3 metres long and weighed around 50 kilograms, but this is only a guess because only one leg bone is known.1

?What did Velocipes eat?

Velocipes was a meat-eating dinosaur, so it likely hunted smaller animals. Its name means 'quick foot', and it was probably a fast runner.1

?When did Velocipes live?

Velocipes lived during the Late Triassic period, about 227 to 205 million years ago, in what is now southern Poland.1

?Is Velocipes a dinosaur?

Yes, Velocipes is a dinosaur. Scientists once thought it might not be, but newer studies confirm it was a theropod, a group of meat-eating dinosaurs.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Velocipes is a nomen dubium (doubtful name) and not a real dinosaur.

真相： Some scientists once considered Velocipes a doubtful name because the fossil is so incomplete, but more recent research in 2017 confirmed it is a valid theropod dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Velocipes
命名者: Huene 19322
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Neotheropoda2
分類: Theropoda2
岩石的年代: 227 到 206 百萬年 (Norian)2
岩層: Lissauer Breccia2
國家: 波蘭2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆2
發現: The first fossil of Velocipes was found by Georg Gürich around 1884 in Kocury, Poland. It was named Velocipes guerichi by Friedrich von Huene in 1932.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still unsure exactly how big Velocipes grew, because only one leg bone has been found.1