速龍屬(屬名:Velocisaurus,意為「快速的蜥蜴」)是種角鼻龍下目恐龍,生存於白堊紀的阿根廷。速龍身長可能約4英尺。目前僅發現後腿骨頭,從後腿與腳掌顯示牠們適合奔跑,因此取名為速龍。費爾南多·諾瓦斯與塞巴斯蒂安·阿派斯特圭(Sebastian Apesteguia)在2003年的研究顯示速龍是惡龍的近親,而惡龍是種奇特的角鼻龍類恐龍。這兩個屬可能形成一個速龍亞科(Velocisaurinae),屬於西北阿根廷龍科。
粵語圈所說的「速龍」一般其實是指伶盜龍(Velociraptor),這是源於翻譯錯誤。
參考資料
- 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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