恐龍卡第 1913 張，共 2 027 張

Wendiceratops

名字的意思： “Wendy's horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Wendiceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with a huge bony frill on its head and a big upright horn above its nose. It lived about 78 to 79 million years ago in what is now Alberta, Canada. This dinosaur is one of the oldest horned dinosaurs with a tall nose horn ever found.1

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Pinhorn Provincial Grazing Reserve, south of the Milk River, Alberta, Canada1

長度

4.5 到 6 m (15 到 20 ft)1

體重

1 公噸到 1.5 公噸 (2,200 到 3,300 lb)1

高度

1.5 到 2 m (4.9 到 6.6 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 38 公里（24 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 1 台汽車一樣重

跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 33 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 75 隻狗一樣重跟 300 顆西瓜一樣重跟 79 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 47 個小學生一樣重跟 3 隻北極熊一樣重能在 9.5 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Wendiceratops 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)

Wendiceratops 時速約 38 公里 (24 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

Wendiceratops had a frill decorated with many curved, forward-pointing spikes that made it look very fancy.1

Its name honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, who discovered the bonebed where this dinosaur was found.1

Over 200 bones from many different Wendiceratops individuals were found together in one bonebed, making it one of the best-known early horned dinosaurs.1

Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Scientists think the tall nose horn of Wendiceratops evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.1

The ischium, a hip bone, of Wendiceratops had a wide, rectangular end, which is a unique feature not seen in other horned dinosaurs.1

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

?How big was Wendiceratops?

Wendiceratops reached about 6 metres (20 feet) in length and weighed about 1.5 metric tons (1.7 short tons).2

?What did Wendiceratops eat?

Wendiceratops was a herbivore, eating low-lying plants. It cropped them with a parrot-like beak and sliced them with leaf-shaped teeth.3

?Why did Wendiceratops have a nose horn?

The tall nose horn was likely used for display or defense, but scientists aren't sure exactly. It evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.3

?When did Wendiceratops live?

Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.3

迷思破解王

迷思： Wendiceratops had a long nose horn like a rhino.

真相： Wendiceratops had an upright nasal horn, but its exact shape is unknown because the nasal bone is incomplete.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Wendiceratops
命名者: Evans and Ryan 20154
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsidae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
岩層: Oldman4
國家: 加拿大4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Wendiceratops was named by paleontologists David Evans and Michael Ryan in 2015 based on fossils from a bonebed in Alberta, Canada. The bonebed was discovered by fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, and the dinosaur was named in her honor.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how tall or curved the nose horn of Wendiceratops was, because the nasal bone is not completely preserved.1