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Aletopelta

Naam beteken: “wanderer shield”1

Het geëet: PlanteGepantserde dino'sLaat Kryt

Aletopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived near the coast of California about 75 million years ago. It was covered in bony plates and had a big shield of bone over its hips. After it died, its body floated out to sea and became a tiny reef on the ocean floor!1

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede5

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Carlsbad, California, USA1 5

Lengte

5 tot 6 m (16 tot 20 ft)1

Gewig

2 ton (4 400 lb)1

Hoogte

1,7 m (5,6 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 15 km/h (9 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe hoog was dit?

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1,5 motors

so lank soos 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 33 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 100 hondeso swaar soos 400 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 2,5 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 4 ysberekon 100 meter in 24 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Aletopelta vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Aletopelta omtrent 15 km/h (9 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Aletopelta's body was carried out to sea by a stream, and it sank upside down, becoming a mini reef where oysters and other sea creatures attached to its bones.1

Sharks like Squalicorax and Scapanorhynchus scavenged the dead dinosaur, leaving hollow bones and shallow pits in its armour plates.1

The name Aletopelta means 'wanderer shield' because the tectonic plate carrying its fossils drifted north from near Mexico to California over millions of years.1

Aletopelta had a pelvic shield made of many six-sided bony plates that were fused together.1

The only known skeleton of Aletopelta might be from a young animal, because some of its bones were not fully fused.1

KI-prent van Aletopelta — 'n KI-prent van hoe Aletopelta dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Aletopelta

?How big was Aletopelta?

About 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed about 2 tonnes (4,409 lbs). Some scientists have estimated it at 6 metres (19.7 feet) long.1

?What did Aletopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. It foraged for plants along the edges of rivers and estuaries.3

?Did Aletopelta have a tail club?

Scientists are not sure. The tail was not found, but some experts think it was an ankylosaurid and may have had a bony tail club.3 4

?Where was Aletopelta found?

It was found in Carlsbad, California, near College Boulevard, during a road construction project in 1987.1 3

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Aletopelta
Benoem deur: Ford and Kirkland 20015
Groep: Gepantserde dino's
Familie / klade: Ankylosauridae5
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora5
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)5
Rotsformasies: Point Loma5
Lande: VSA5
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking: In 1987, construction workers digging a sewage pipe near Carlsbad, California, uncovered the skeleton. It was first described in 1996 by Thomas Deméré and Walter Coombs, and officially named Aletopelta coombsi in 2001 by Tracy Ford and James Kirkland.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists still debate whether Aletopelta was an ankylosaurid or a nodosaurid, and some have even called it a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because its fossils are incomplete.1 2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Aletopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
The Nat | Ankylosaur (sdnhm.org)
Ankylosaur Reef (smithsonianmag.com)
Aletopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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