恐龍卡第 1972 張，共 2 027 張

Yingshanosaurus

名字的意思： “Yingshan lizard”1

吃：植物劍龍類侏羅紀中期

Yingshanosaurus was a medium-sized stegosaur that lived in what is now China. It had flat, triangular plates along its back and a big spike on its shoulder to protect itself. This dinosaur munched on plants and walked slowly on all four legs.1

生存年代

168 到 162 百萬年前2

侏羅紀中期

化石發現地

Yingshan County, Sichuan Province, China1

長度

4 到 5 m (13 到 16 ft)1

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 19 公里（12 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 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 28 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 19 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Yingshanosaurus 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)

Yingshanosaurus 時速約 19 公里 (12 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

Yingshanosaurus had a large spike near its shoulder that probably helped protect its body from predators.1

Its back plates were arranged in matching pairs along the neck, back, and tail, unlike some other stegosaurs that had staggered plates.1

This dinosaur lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 168 to 162 million years ago.2

The first Yingshanosaurus fossil was found in 1983 by a villager digging the foundation for his house in Jichuan Township.1

Yingshanosaurus was about 4 to 5 metres long, similar in size to the stegosaur Kentrosaurus from Africa.1

The holes between the vertebrae in its sacrum (hip area) were almost completely closed, a feature of more advanced stegosaurs.1

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

?How big was Yingshanosaurus?

It was about 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet) long, similar in size to a modern rhinoceros. That makes it a medium-sized stegosaur.1

?What did Yingshanosaurus eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Like other stegosaurs, it munched on low-growing vegetation.1

?When did Yingshanosaurus live?

It lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 168 to 162 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Upper Shaximiao Formation in China.1

?Where was Yingshanosaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in Yingshan County, Sichuan Province, China. A villager found the skeleton in 1983 while digging the foundation for his house.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people thought Yingshanosaurus was not a real dinosaur because its scientific description was hard to find.

真相： Yingshanosaurus was properly named and described in 1994 by Zhu Songlin, and its fossils are stored at the Chongqing Natural History Museum.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Yingshanosaurus
命名者: Zhou 19862
類群: 劍龍類
科 / 演化支: Stegosauridae2
分類: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora2
岩石的年代: 168 到 162 百萬年 (Bathonian / Callovian)2
岩層: Shaximiao2
國家: 中國2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆2
發現: A villager in Jichuan, China, found a partial skeleton in 1983 while digging for his house. Scientists led by Zhu Songlin excavated it, and in 1994 Zhu named it Yingshanosaurus jichuanensis.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether the plates on its back were used for display, species recognition, or temperature control.1