Name: 【國際時事】撒哈拉沙漠竟發現全新恐龍物種！ (New dinosaur species discovered deep in the Sahara Desert)
Uploaded: 2026-02-22T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 53 s

Paleontologists have made a spine tingling find in the sands of the Sahara Desert -- a new species of dinosaur.

古生物學家在撒哈拉沙漠的沙層中有了令人毛骨悚然的發現——一個新種恐龍。

They've unearthed fossils of a super sized carnivore that lived over 95 million years ago.

他們挖掘出了一種生活在 9500 萬年前的超大型食肉動物化石。

The team now naming it Spinosaurus mirabilis, latin for astonishing.

團隊現將其命名為 Spinosaurus mirabilis，拉丁語意為「令人驚訝的」。

The discovery raising as many questions as answers about prehistoric life.

這項發現提出的問題與它對史前生物給出的答案一樣多。

And to answer some of those questions, I'm joined by Dr. Paul Serino,

為了回答其中的一些問題，我們邀請到了保羅·塞里諾博士，

paleontologist at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic Explorer.

他是芝加哥大學的古生物學家，也是國家地理探險家。

Dr. Serino, it is a pleasure to have you.

塞里諾博士，很榮幸能邀請到您。

Okay, now you called this the expedition of the century.

好，現在您稱這次為「世紀探險」。

Well, it was an extraordinary expedition.

Took a big chance to try and get into the heart of the Sahara by collecting together 20 young people that could take three months of their lives off,

我們冒了很大的風險，召集了 20 名願意撥出人生中三個月時間的年輕人，試圖深入撒哈拉腹地，

and put together a big arm guard, sort of like our wild west and go into the middle of nowhere in the hopes of finding something.

並組建了一支龐大的武裝護衛隊，有點像我們的西部拓荒，進入荒無人煙之地，希望能有所發現。

And we were guaranteed nothing except that we had, you know, we'd been to the site,

我們得不到任何保證，除了我們曾經去過那個地點，

found a tooth and a couple of jaw fragments and hours after we arrived we found that,

發現了一顆牙齒和幾塊下顎碎片，而就在抵達幾小時後，我們就發現了那個，

that what you're looking at is the crest on the top of the skull of this spinosaur.

也就是你們現在看到的，這隻棘龍頭骨頂部的冠飾。

我們知道我們發現了一隻棘龍。

We didn't know if we'd find a lot more of it, but we did.

我們不知道是否能發現更多部分，但我們做到了。

Yeah, it was immediately apparent to us this was a new species because the crest is like nothing we've seen before on any predatory dinosaur.

是的，我們立刻就察覺這是一個新物種，因為這個冠飾與我們之前在任何掠食性恐龍身上看到的都不同。

那麼請再多告訴我們一些關於這隻棘龍的事。

I gotta know, what exactly do we know right now?

我一定要知道，我們現在確切知道些什麼？

Yeah, it's become, through Jurassic Park, it's become the celebrated dinosaur because we don't have any in North America,

是的，透過《侏羅紀公園》，它成了著名的恐龍，因為我們在北美沒有發現任何這種恐龍，

but in other parts, around the old Mediterranean Ocean, which we used to call a Tethys Ocean,

但在其他地區，環繞著古地中海（我們以前稱之為特提斯洋），

these dinosaurs stalked and now we're finding in the rivers, inland stalked fish.

這些恐龍在此出沒，而現在我們在內陸河流中發現了它們跟蹤魚類的蹤跡。

And we were able to ferret out some of the great fish catching abilities of this animal by looking at its jaws.

我們能夠透過觀察它的下顎，挖掘出這種動物卓越的捕魚能力。

And it was a, we call it a hell heron because I think it was wading into the waters,

它曾是...我們稱它為「地獄蒼鷺」，因為我認為它是涉水進入水中，

這是一種非常注重視覺展示的動物，

but capable of just snatching a lot of large fish out of the riverways and the coastal region.

但也有能力從河流和沿海地區抓捕大量的大型魚類。

It's like nothing we've ever seen before.

它與我們以前見過的任何東西都不同。

它體型與霸王龍相當，長達 40 英尺。

Now this spinosaur, it differs from some of the other ones you actually studied.

現在這隻棘龍，它與您實際研究過的其他一些棘龍有所不同。

那麼是什麼讓這一隻與眾不同呢？

Yeah, I'll just say, you know, this is what they share.

是的，我想說，這就是它們的共同點。

They share this kind of tooth that is straight, curved, no serrations, looks very different than a T. Rex tooth.

它們都有這種筆直、有弧度、沒有鋸齒的牙齒，看起來與霸王龍的牙齒非常不同。

The original clues to this site I dug out of the library a French monograph.

關於這個遺址的最初線索，是我從圖書館的一本法國專著中挖出來的。

You see my middle markings there gave us a sentence or two about a tooth.

你看我中間的標記，那裡給了我們一兩句關於一顆牙齒的描述。

他們在撒哈拉沙漠中心發現的。

But then we put together the pieces of the dinosaur.

但隨後我們把這隻恐龍的碎片拼湊了起來。

As I walk behind it, it gives you a better idea of the size of this animal.

當我走在它身後時，能讓你們更好地了解這種動物的大小。

Its teeth interlock, the lower ones coming outside, the upper ones to snare a slippery fish.

它的牙齒交錯排列，下齒伸到上齒外側，用以捕捉滑溜的魚。

If you ever tried to catch a fish with your hands, you'll know what I'm talking about.

如果你曾經嘗試用手抓魚，你就會明白我在說什麼。

This is a fishing adaptation only this dinosaur, Spinosaurus has.

這是一種只有這種恐龍——棘龍才有的捕魚適應進化。

The very low snout and then there's incredible crest that extends into the air with a covering.

非常低矮的口鼻部，然後是有這令人驚嘆的冠飾，帶著覆蓋物延伸到空中。

And I'm going to give you just a shot of the covering that we've reconstructed for it.

我要給你們看一張我們為它重建的覆蓋物照片。

It would have a covering like a live animal in keratin, that would extend it a little bit further.

它會像活體動物一樣擁有角質覆蓋物，這會讓它延伸得更長一點。

And so that gives us a couple of clues about this dinosaur, one of which is that it's a land animal.

所以這給了我們關於這隻恐龍的一些線索，其中之一就是它是一種陸生動物。

It's inhabiting the margins of oceans, the margins of riverways.

它居住在海洋邊緣、河流邊緣。

It is not a diving marine Loch Ness monster as some have proposed.

它不是像某些人提議的那樣，是會潛水的海洋尼斯湖水怪。

This is sort of the coup de grace for that idea.

這可以說是給那個想法的致命一擊。

This animal I wouldn't want to be anywhere near.

If I was near the shore or on land, it could probably grab anything.

如果我在岸邊或陸地上，它大概能抓到任何東西。

它擁有帶著利爪、令人難以置信的手部。

But it was primarily adapted in a way we've never seen for eating fish.

但它主要以一種我們從未見過的方式適應了吃魚。

We're actually going to name a 12 foot superfish that we found not far from the dinosaur.

我們實際上正要為一種 12 英尺長的超級魚命名，它就在這隻恐龍不遠處被發現。

I mean, just to see the teeth as big as your palm is startling to imagine this dinosaur.

我是說，光是看到跟手掌一樣大的牙齒，想像這隻恐龍就讓人吃驚。

Now, do you think you'll find more dinosaurs in more remote regions or do you think this is a one off finding?

那麼，您認為會在更多偏遠地區發現更多恐龍，還是認為這只是一個偶發的發現？

So for your listeners, first of all, we're in the age of discovery.

首先對您的聽眾說，我們正處於發現的時代。

We're naming more dinosaurs now than we've ever named before.

我們現在命名的恐龍比以往任何時候都多。

So your kids and their kids, they're going to be in the heyday of dinosaur research.

所以你們的孩子，還有他們的後代，都將處於恐龍研究的鼎盛時期。

But not only can I tell you, we're going to find more, we are going to name a lot more from that site.

我不僅能告訴你們我們將會發現更多，我們還將為該地點發現的許多物種命名。

There are digging raptors you've never seen,

那裡有你們從未見過的挖掘型猛龍，

there are crocodiles and all sorts of creatures that we have already found in the 50 tons we took from Africa on that legendary expedition.

還有鱷魚以及各種生物，這些都是我們從那次傳奇探險中從非洲帶回的 50 噸物資中已經發現的。

In fact, it really is a lost world we're going to describe.

事實上，我們要描述的確實是一個「失落的世界」。

We've known about T. Rex, Triceratops, the Duck bills,

在北美，我們了解霸王龍、三角龍、鴨嘴龍，

for a century here in North America because we have excellent beds and because people have been going there for more than a century.

已經有一個世紀了，因為我們有極好的地層，而且一個多世紀以來一直有人前往那裡。

We went to the center of the Sahara and found Africa's lost world.

我們去了撒哈拉沙漠的中心，發現了非洲失落的世界。

It is the last continent you're going to be able to describe.

這是你們最後能描述的一個大陸。

Immense creatures by the dozen to give us some idea of what was inhabiting that world.

成打的巨大生物，讓我們對當時居住在那個世界的物種有所了解。

We cannot wait and see the discoveries you, your team,

我們迫不及待想看到您、您的團隊，

and other paleontologists around the world uncover for all of us.

以及世界各地其他古生物學家為我們大家揭開的發現。