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Antarctopelta

Naam beteken: “Antarctic shield”1
Het geëet: PlanteGepantserde dino'sLaat Kryt

Antarctopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous. It was covered in bony plates and spikes, and its tail ended in a weapon made of fused spikes that looked like an Aztec club. It was a slow-moving plant-eater that used its armour for protection.1

Het geleef
84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede2
Laat Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
James Ross Island, Antarctica12
Lengte
4 tot 6 m (13 tot 20 ft)1
Gewig
tot 350 kg (772 lb)1
Hoogte
1,7 m (5,6 ft)
skatting
Topspoed
omtrent 22 km/h (14 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Antarctopelta omtrent 6 m lank (20 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)'n Motor omtrent 4,5 m (15 ft)'n Olifant, die grootste landdier vandag omtrent 6,5 m (21 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Antarctopeltaomtrent 1,7 m hoog (5,6 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 18 honde
so lank soos 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 33 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 70 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 18 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 11 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 16 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Antarctopelta vergeleke met JOU?

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

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Antarctopelta was the first dinosaur fossil ever named from Antarctica, even though it was discovered before another Antarctic dinosaur called Cryolophosaurus.1

2

Its tail had a special weapon called a macuahuitl, made of flat, spiky bones fused together. It looked like an Aztec club and was used for defence.1

3

Scientists found six different types of armour plates on Antarctopelta, including large flat ones and tall keeled spikes.1

4

Antarctopelta lived in a warm, ice-free Antarctica with dense forests of conifers, cycads, and ginkgos. It still had to survive long dark winters.1

5

The only known skeleton was discovered in 1986 by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Robert Scasso, but it took ten years to dig out because of frozen ground and bad weather.1

6

Antarctopelta shared its home with the small plant-eater Trinisaura, as well as marine reptiles like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.1

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Antarctopelta
'n KI-prent van hoe Antarctopelta 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 Antarctopelta

?How big was Antarctopelta?

About 4 meters (13 feet) long from snout to tail tip. One scientist estimated it could have been up to 6 meters (20 feet) long and weighed 350 kilograms (770 pounds).1

?What did Antarctopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its jaws had small, leaf-shaped teeth for chewing plants.1

?Did Antarctopelta have feathers?

No. It was an armoured dinosaur covered in bony plates and spikes, not feathers.1

?When did Antarctopelta live?

It lived during the late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 73.4 million years ago.1

?Was Antarctopelta a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a type of armoured dinosaur called an ankylosaur.1

?Could Antarctopelta swim?

Scientists are not sure, but its body was stocky and built for walking on land, not swimming. Its fossils were found with a shark tooth, suggesting it may have floated out to sea after death.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Antarctopelta had a tail club like a typical ankylosaur.

Waarheid: Antarctopelta actually had a macuahuitl, a flat fan of spikes at the end of its tail, not a round club.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Antarctopelta
Benoem deur
Salgado and Gasparini 20062
Groep
Gepantserde dino's
Familie / klade
Parankylosauria2
Klassifikasie
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora2
Ouderdom van die rotse
84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)2
Rotsformasies
Snow Hill Island2
Lande
Antarktika2
Fossielrekords
1 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking
Antarctopelta was discovered in January 1986 by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Robert Scasso on James Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named in 2006 by paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Zulma Gasparini, who called it Antarctopelta oliveroi after Olivero.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are still debating whether Antarctopelta was more closely related to nodosaurids or ankylosaurids, because it has features of both groups.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Antarctopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Antarctopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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