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Zapalasaurus

名字的意思： “lizard of Zapala, named after the city of Zapala in Argentina”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀早期

Zapalasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Patagonia, Argentina, about 130 to 120 million years ago. It walked on four sturdy legs and used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns without moving its body much. This dinosaur was a early relative of the famous Diplodocus.1

生存年代

126 到 120 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Puesto Morales, La Picaza, Neuquén Province, Argentina3 1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 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)

Zapalasaurus 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

The first fossils of Zapalasaurus were found in 1995 at a place called Puesto Morales, and more bones were dug up in 2004.1

Zapalasaurus is named after the city of Zapala, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of where its bones were discovered.1

Unlike some other long-necked dinosaurs, Zapalasaurus probably fed at ground level, while other sauropods in the same area ate plants higher up.1

Its tail vertebrae double in length from front to back, a feature shared with the more advanced diplodocines.2

Zapalasaurus belonged to a group called rebbachisaurids, which were early cousins of Diplodocus and lived mainly in the Early Cretaceous.3 1

The species name bonapartei honors the famous Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte, who helped collect the first bones.1

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

?How big was Zapalasaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was a medium-sized sauropod, but no length or weight estimates have been published.1

?What did Zapalasaurus eat?

Zapalasaurus was a plant-eater. It used its long neck to browse a wide variety of low-growing plants and greens without having to walk very far.1

?When did Zapalasaurus live?

Zapalasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 130 to 120 million years ago.1

?Did Zapalasaurus have feathers?

No. Zapalasaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, and there is no evidence that any sauropod had feathers.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Zapalasaurus
命名者: Salgado et al. 20063
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Rebbachisauridae3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
岩石的年代: 126 到 120 百萬年 (Barremian / Aptian)3
岩層: La Amarga3
國家: 阿根廷3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Zapalasaurus was first described in 2006 by a team led by Leonardo Salgado. The bones were collected by scientists from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum and the Juan A. Olsacher Museum, with help from José Bonaparte.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Zapalasaurus grew, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1