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Wuerhosaurus

名字的意思： “Wuerho lizard”5

吃：植物劍龍類白堊紀早期

Wuerhosaurus was a plated dinosaur that munched on plants in ancient China. It had bony plates on its back and a spiky tail to protect itself. This stegosaur lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 137 to 100 million years ago.5

生存年代

137 到 100 百萬年前5

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Xinjiang and Nei Mongol, China1

長度

5 到 7 m (16 到 23 ft)1

體重

2 公噸到 4 公噸 (4,400 到 8,800 lb)1

高度

2 到 2.5 m (6.6 到 8.2 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 英里）

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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 2.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 7 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 39 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 200 隻狗一樣重跟 800 顆西瓜一樣重跟 5 整班小學生一樣重跟 9 隻北極熊一樣重能在 24 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Wuerhosaurus 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)

Wuerhosaurus 時速約 15 公里 (9 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

Wuerhosaurus was named by Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming in 1973.5

Its fossils were found in the Lianmuqin Formation in Xinjiang, China.2

Some scientists think Wuerhosaurus might actually be a species of Stegosaurus, called Stegosaurus homheni.1

The type specimen of Wuerhosaurus is a partial skeleton stored at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing.1

Wuerhosaurus lived alongside the meat-eating dinosaur Kelmayisaurus and the pterosaur Noripterus.2

Its back vertebrae had deep hollows above the spinal cord, which is different from other stegosaurs.1

Wuerhosaurus was a ground-dwelling herbivore that probably moved on all four legs.5

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

?How big was Wuerhosaurus?

Wuerhosaurus homheni was about 7 metres (23 feet) long and weighed 4 metric tons (4.4 short tons). A smaller species, W. ordosensis, was about 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed 1.2 metric tons (1.3 short tons).3

?What did Wuerhosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.4 5

?Where was Wuerhosaurus found?

Fossils have been found in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, China.3 4

?How many species of Wuerhosaurus are there?

There are two known species: Wuerhosaurus homheni and Wuerhosaurus ordosensis.3

?Is Wuerhosaurus the same as Stegosaurus?

Some scientists think Wuerhosaurus might actually be a species of Stegosaurus called Stegosaurus homheni, but other scientists disagree.3

?When did Wuerhosaurus live?

Wuerhosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 135 to 120 million years ago.3 4

迷思破解王

迷思： Many people think all stegosaurs lived in the Jurassic period.

真相： Wuerhosaurus lived in the early Cretaceous, much later than most stegosaurs.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Wuerhosaurus
命名者: Dong 19735
類群: 劍龍類
科 / 演化支: Stegosauridae5
分類: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora5
岩石的年代: 137 到 100 百萬年 (Valanginian / Albian)5
岩層: Lianmuqin, Ejinhoro5
國家: 中國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 3 筆5
發現: Wuerhosaurus was discovered in 1964 at a site called Wuerho in Xinjiang, China. Dong Zhiming named it in 1973 based on a partial skeleton.2
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Wuerhosaurus is a separate genus or just a species of Stegosaurus.1