速龙属(属名:Velocisaurus,意为“快速的蜥蜴”)是种角鼻龙下目恐龙,生存于白垩纪的阿根廷。速龙身长可能约4英尺。目前仅发现后腿骨头,从后腿与脚掌显示它们适合奔跑,因此取名为速龙。费尔南多·诺瓦斯与塞巴斯蒂安·阿派斯特圭(Sebastian Apesteguia)在2003年的研究显示速龙是恶龙的近亲,而恶龙是种奇特的角鼻龙类恐龙。这两个属可能形成一个速龙亚科(Velocisaurinae),属于西北阿根廷龙科。
粤语圈所说的“速龙”一般其实是指伶盗龙(Velociraptor),这是源于翻译错误。
参考资料
- Bonaparte (1991). The fossil vertebrates of the Rio Colorado Formation, of the city of Neuquen and surroundings, Upper Cretaceous, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ``Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de las Ciencias Naturales. Paleontología 4 p. 17-123.
- F. AGNOLÍN, F. NOVAS and S. APESTEGUÍA (2003). Velocisaurids in South America and Madagascar (Ameghiniana 40(4): 77R). Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘B. Rivadavia’, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, (1405) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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