Description - What Diplodocus looked like? 双棘龙长的什么样?
Diplodocus was a giant dinosaur. It was about 90 feet long. Its neck was 26 feet long and its tail was 45 feet long. Diplodocus weighed 20,000 to 40,000 pounds. It had a small head. Its nostrils were on the top of its head. It had flat teeth in the front of its mouth, and no teeth on the sides or in the back of its mouth. Its front legs were shorter than its back legs. It had five toes on each foot. One toe on each foot had a claw. 双棘龙是个巨大的恐龙,它约有90英尺长,其中,脖子长26英尺,尾巴45英尺。双棘龙重约2万~4万磅。尽管体型巨大,双棘龙的脑袋却是纤细小巧。它的鼻孔长在头顶上。嘴的前部长着扁平的牙齿,嘴的侧面和后部则没有牙齿。它的前腿比后腿短,每只脚上有五个脚趾,其中的一个脚趾长着爪子。 |
Behavior - How Diplodocus acted?  双棘龙的行为举止是什么样?
The Diplodocus moved around in groups. They walked very slowly. They laid eggs. They did not make a nest, they laid eggs in a line as they walked along. They did not take care of their babies. Diplodocus had a very small brain and was not smart. 双棘龙成群活动,它们走路非常的慢。双棘龙不做窝,它们一边走路一边生小恐龙,因此恐龙蛋形成一条长长的线。它们不照顾自己的孩子。双棘龙的脑袋非常小,所以它不聪明。 |
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Habitat - When and where Diplodocus lived? 双棘龙生活在什么时候?住哪儿?
Diplodocus lived 155 to 145 million years ago. That time was called the Jurassic period. Other dinosaurs that lived at the same time were Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Allosaurus. Bones of Diplodocus have been found the United States in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. 双棘龙生活在1亿4500万~1亿5500万年前,这个时候是侏罗纪。其它生活在这个时期的恐龙有卡玛拉龙,迷惑龙,腕龙,剑龙和异龙。在美国的科罗拉多州,蒙大拿州,犹他州和怀俄明州发现过双棘龙化石。 |
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Prey/Predator - What Diplodocus ate and what ate it? 双棘龙吃什么?/谁吃双棘龙?
Diplodocus was a plant eater. It did not chew, it swallowed the leaves and plants whole. Other large meat eating dinosaurs would kill Diplodocus to eat it. 双棘龙是草食动物。吃东西时,它不咀嚼,而是将树叶等食物直接吞下去。一些大型食肉恐龙会捕食双棘龙。 |
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Interesting Facts 趣事
The first Diplodocus bones were found in 1877 by Earl Douglass and Samuel W. Williston. Diplodocus was named by Othniel C. Marsh. 第一个双棘龙化石是在1877年,由Earl Douglass和Samuel W.Williston发现的,Othniel C.Marsh 给双棘龙取的名。 |
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