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Zephyrosaurus

名字的意思： “west wind lizard”1

吃：植物有喙的草食恐龍白堊紀早期

Zephyrosaurus was a tiny, speedy plant-eater that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous. It had a steep face and knobby cheeks, and may have dug burrows to hide from predators like Deinonychus.2 1

生存年代

121 到 100 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Montana, USA, and possibly Maryland and Virginia from tracks4 2

長度

1.8 m (5.9 ft)1

高度

0.58 m (1.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 39 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？

估計值

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 10 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 9.2 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Zephyrosaurus 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)

Zephyrosaurus 時速約 39 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

Zephyrosaurus had a raised knob on its upper jaw and a larger knob on its cheekbone.2

Some skull bones may have allowed movement within the skull, called cranial kinesis.2

It was a small, swift, bipedal herbivore, about 1.8 metres (6 feet) long.1 2

Like its relatives Orodromeus and Oryctodromeus, Zephyrosaurus may have burrowed.2

Fossil tracks from Maryland and Virginia, named Hypsiloichnus marylandicus, are thought to have been made by an animal like Zephyrosaurus.2

The first fossils were found by Charles R. Schaff in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.2

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

?How big was Zephyrosaurus?

About 1.8 metres (6 feet) long. That is roughly the length of a small adult human.1

?What did Zephyrosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had beak teeth to help chew tough plant material.1 3

?Did Zephyrosaurus have feathers?

The sources do not mention feathers. Since it is an ornithischian dinosaur, it likely did not have feathers like some theropods did.3

?Could Zephyrosaurus burrow?

Maybe. Like its relatives Orodromeus and Oryctodromeus, Zephyrosaurus may have dug burrows to hide from predators.3

?When did Zephyrosaurus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 to 110 million years ago.1

?Where was Zephyrosaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana, USA. Tracks from Maryland and Virginia may also belong to a similar animal.3 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Zephyrosaurus
命名者: Sues 19804
類群: 有喙的草食恐龍
科 / 演化支: Thescelosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia4
岩石的年代: 121 到 100 百萬年 (Aptian / Albian)4
岩層: Cloverly4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 4 筆4
發現: Hans-Dieter Sues named Zephyrosaurus in 1980 based on a partial skull and bones found by Charles R. Schaff in Montana, USA.2 1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate exactly how Zephyrosaurus is related to other small ornithischians, because the original fossils are so fragmentary.2