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Zalmoxes

名字的意思： “named after Zalmoxis, a god in ancient Dacian mythology”1

吃：植物有喙的草食恐龍白堊紀晚期

Zalmoxes was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived on an island called Hateg, in what is now Romania. It walked on two legs, had a beak, and ate tough plants. It was about the size of a small car, but some were even smaller!1

生存年代

84 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Fossils found in Romania, in the Hateg Island region, including the Sânpetru, Sebes, and Densuș-Ciula formations.1 4

長度

2 到 2.9 m (6.6 到 9.5 ft)1

體重

45 kg (99 lb)1

高度

0.91 m (3 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 44 公里（27 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？

估計值

牠有多重？

跟 2 隻狗一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 16 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 11 隻家貓一樣重跟 9 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 1.5 個小學生一樣重能在 8.2 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Zalmoxes 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)

Zalmoxes 時速約 44 公里 (27 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

Zalmoxes had a slow growth rate and a long growth period, which is different from many other dinosaurs.1

It lived on an island, and scientists think it might have been smaller than its relatives because of island dwarfism, though some think it was already small.1

Zalmoxes had a large triangular head and a beak, which helped it eat tough plants.1

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Austria and France too, not just Romania.4

One species of Zalmoxes, called Z. shqiperorum, was later reclassified as a different type of dinosaur, a ceratopsian, not an ornithopod.1

Zalmoxes was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania during the latest Cretaceous period.1

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

?How big was Zalmoxes?

Zalmoxes was small, with adults of Z. robustus reaching about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) long and weighing about 45 kilograms (99 pounds). An unnamed species grew to about 2.9 metres (9.5 feet) long.1

?What did Zalmoxes eat?

Zalmoxes ate tough, fibrous plants like soft shoots, horsetails, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and ferns. It had a beak and could process C3 plants.1

?When did Zalmoxes live?

Zalmoxes lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 70 to 66 million years ago. It was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania at that time.1 3

?Where was Zalmoxes found?

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Romania, specifically in the Hateg Basin of Transylvania. Some sources also mention finds in Austria and France, but the main site is Romania.1 3

?Was Zalmoxes a dinosaur?

Yes, Zalmoxes was a dinosaur, specifically a small ornithopod. It is classified as a probable rhabdodontid ornithopod, not a ceratopsian, though one species was later reclassified.1 3

?Why was Zalmoxes small?

Scientists once thought Zalmoxes was small due to island dwarfism, but later studies suggest it was already close to the size of its ancestors. Some related species were larger or smaller due to island effects.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Zalmoxes was a dwarf dinosaur because it lived on an island.

真相： Scientists now think Zalmoxes was already small, and its larger relative Rhabdodon had island gigantism, while a smaller relative Mochlodon had island dwarfism.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Zalmoxes
命名者: Weishampel et al. 20034
類群: 有喙的草食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Rhabdodontoidea4
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
岩石的年代: 84 到 66 百萬年 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Sebeş, Sînpetru, Densuș-Ciula4
國家: 羅馬尼亞, 奧地利, 法國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 44 筆4
又名: Onychosaurus （舊名稱現在也算作同一種動物）4
發現: The first fossils were named Mochlodon robustus by Baron Franz Nopcsa in 1899. In 2003, scientists renamed them Zalmoxes robustus after studying new remains.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Zalmoxes was a dwarf species or just naturally small, and how it is related to other similar dinosaurs.1