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Veterupristisaurus

名字的意思： “old shark lizard”1

吃：肉肉食恐龍侏羅紀晚期

Veterupristisaurus was a huge meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It was one of the earliest members of the shark-toothed lizard family, the carcharodontosaurids. This dinosaur stomped through the Late Jurassic landscape about 154 to 150 million years ago.1

生存年代

152 到 149 百萬年前2

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Tendaguru, Lindi Region, southeastern Tanzania1

長度

8 到 11 m (26 到 36 ft)1

高度

3.3 m (11 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 27 公里（17 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 2.5 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 61 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 13 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Veterupristisaurus 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)

Veterupristisaurus 時速約 27 公里 (17 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

Veterupristisaurus is known mostly from a single tail vertebra, which is about 12.3 cm (4.8 inches) long. Scientists use this bone to learn about the dinosaur.1

Its name means 'old shark lizard' because it is the oldest known member of the shark-toothed lizard family, the carcharodontosaurids.1

This dinosaur lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 154 to 150 million years ago, in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.1

Veterupristisaurus was a large bipedal animal, meaning it walked on two legs. It was about 8 to 11 meters (26 to 36 feet) long.1

Some scientists think Veterupristisaurus might be closely related to Acrocanthosaurus, another large meat-eating dinosaur.1

The type species is named Veterupristisaurus milneri, in honor of paleontologist Angela C. Milner.1

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

?How big was Veterupristisaurus?

It was about 8 to 11 metres (26 to 36 feet) long. That is roughly as long as a school bus.1

?What did Veterupristisaurus eat?

It was a meat-eater, like other theropod dinosaurs. It probably hunted other animals that lived in its area.1

?Is Veterupristisaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It belongs to a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods.1

?When did Veterupristisaurus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 154 to 150 million years ago. That is before the first birds appeared.1

?Why is it called Veterupristisaurus?

Its name means 'old shark lizard'. It is the oldest known member of the shark-toothed lizard family, the carcharodontosaurids.1

?Was Veterupristisaurus bigger than T. rex?

No, it was smaller. Veterupristisaurus was about 8 to 11 metres long, while T. rex could be over 12 metres long.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Veterupristisaurus
命名者: Rauhut 20112
類群: 肉食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Carcharodontosauridae2
分類: Theropoda > Allosauroidea > Carcharodontosauridae2
岩石的年代: 152 到 149 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian)2
岩層: Tendaguru2
國家: 坦尚尼亞2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆2
發現: Veterupristisaurus was named by paleontologist Oliver W. M. Rauhut in 2011. The fossils were originally thought to belong to another dinosaur, Ceratosaurus, but later studies showed they were a new species.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Veterupristisaurus is a valid genus. Some studies suggest its only unique feature is also found in another dinosaur, Lusovenator, which makes its status uncertain.1