恐龍卡第 1911 張，共 2 027 張

Weewarrasaurus

名字的意思： “Wee Warra lizard”1

吃：植物有喙的草食恐龍白堊紀晚期

Weewarrasaurus was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Australia. It had a beak and walked on two legs, munching on ferns and other plants.4 1

生存年代

100 到 94 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia1

長度

1 到 2 m (3.3 到 6.6 ft)1

高度

0.64 m (2.1 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 41 公里（25 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？

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跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 11 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 8.8 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Weewarrasaurus 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)

Weewarrasaurus 時速約 41 公里 (25 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

Weewarrasaurus is known from a jawbone preserved in precious opal, giving it a colorful, gem-like appearance.1

It lived about 100 to 94 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period.4

The name Weewarrasaurus comes from the Wee Warra locality where its fossil was found.1

This dinosaur was a small ornithopod, about the size of a large dog.1

Weewarrasaurus shared its home with other ornithopods of different sizes, including a larger iguanodontian.1

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

?How big was Weewarrasaurus?

About the size of a Labrador retriever, or a large dog. It walked on its hind legs.3

?What did Weewarrasaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. It had a beak and teeth for nibbling vegetation like ferns.3

?Why is Weewarrasaurus preserved in opal?

The fossil was preserved in opal because silica-rich solutions underground turned into the gemstone over millions of years. This happened in the Lightning Ridge area of Australia.3

?When did Weewarrasaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 100 to 94 million years ago. The rocks where it was found are early Cenomanian in age.2 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Weewarrasaurus
命名者: Bell et al. 20184
類群: 有喙的草食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Elasmaria4
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
岩石的年代: 100 到 94 百萬年 (Cenomanian)4
岩層: Griman Creek4
國家: 澳洲4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: Weewarrasaurus was named in 2018 by Phil Bell and colleagues based on a jawbone found by opal miner Mike Poben near Lightning Ridge, Australia.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Weewarrasaurus grew, because only jawbones have been found so far.1