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Vulcanodon

名字的意思： “volcano tooth”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍侏羅紀早期

Vulcanodon was an early long-necked dinosaur that walked on four legs. It lived in a hot, desert-like place in southern Africa during the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 188 million years ago.1 4

生存年代

200 到 184 百萬年前4

侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

Zimbabwe, on an island in Lake Kariba1

長度

6.5 到 11 m (21 到 36 ft)1 2

體重

3.5 公噸到 10.3 公噸 (7,700 到 22,700 lb)1

高度

2.5 到 3 m (8.2 到 9.8 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 18 公里（11 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？

牠有多重？

跟 7 台汽車一樣重

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跟 1.5 頭大象一樣重跟 2100 顆西瓜一樣重跟 13 整班小學生一樣重跟 23 隻北極熊一樣重能在 20 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Vulcanodon 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)

Vulcanodon 時速約 18 公里 (11 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

Vulcanodon was one of the earliest known sauropods, but it was much smaller than later giants like Brachiosaurus.1

Its name comes from the volcano god Vulcan, because its bones were found near ancient lava flows.1

The knife-shaped teeth found near its skeleton actually belonged to a meat-eating theropod, not to Vulcanodon itself.1

Vulcanodon lived in a desert-like environment, which shows that early sauropods did not need to live in swamps.1

Its thighbone was about 110 centimetres (43 inches) long.1

Vulcanodon was fully four-legged, but its limb proportions were in between those of earlier two-legged relatives and later sauropods.1

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

?How big was Vulcanodon?

Vulcanodon was about 11 metres long and weighed around 3.5 to 10.3 metric tons, depending on the estimate.1 2

?What did Vulcanodon eat?

Vulcanodon was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.1 2

?When did Vulcanodon live?

Vulcanodon lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 199 to 188 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Vulcanodon found?

Vulcanodon was discovered in 1969 on an island in Lake Kariba, in northern Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia).1

?Was Vulcanodon a dinosaur?

Yes, Vulcanodon was a dinosaur. It was an early sauropod, a type of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur.1 2

?Why is it called Vulcanodon?

Its name means 'volcano tooth' because its fossils were found near ancient lava flows, and it was named after the Roman god of fire, Vulcan.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Vulcanodon was a meat-eater because of the sharp teeth found with it.

真相： Those teeth belonged to a different dinosaur, a theropod. Vulcanodon itself was a plant-eater.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Vulcanodon
命名者: Raath 19724
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Sauropoda4
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
岩石的年代: 200 到 184 百萬年 (Sinemurian / Pliensbachian)4
岩層: Forest Sandstone4
國家: 辛巴威4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: The first bone was found in July 1969 by B. A. Gibson on an island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Paleontologist Michael Raath named and described it in 1972.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate exactly how old Vulcanodon is, with estimates ranging from about 199 to 183 million years ago.1