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Nipponopelta

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

Nipponopelta was an armored dinosaur that looked like a walking tank. It had bony plates on its back and long spikes on its shoulders to scare off predators.21

Het geleef
100 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede6
Laat Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan12
Lengte
5 m (16 ft)4
Hoogte
1,5 m (4,9 ft)
skatting
Topspoed
omtrent 17 km/h (11 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Nipponopelta omtrent 5 m lank (16 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)Nipponopeltaomtrent 1,5 m hoog (4,9 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)

skatting

so lank soos 5 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 28 piesangs punt aan puntkon 100 meter in 21 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Nipponopelta 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

Nipponopelta is the first armored dinosaur ever named from Japan.12

2

Its fossils were found in marine rocks, meaning its body may have washed out to sea after death.31

3

Scientists used CT scans to see hidden bones inside the rock, like two complete teeth and part of the inner ear.12

4

Nipponopelta belonged to a group called nodosaurids, which had long spikes on their shoulders but no tail club.23

5

Its ancestors likely walked from North America to Asia across a land bridge called Beringia about 100 million years ago.32

6

Nipponopelta lived near the coast, which may have helped its relatives spread between continents.12

7

The fossil was discovered in 1995 by a local fossil hunter named Eijiro Goto along a riverbank.12

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

?How big was Nipponopelta?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skull and a few bones have been found. It was probably similar in size to other nodosaurids, which were medium-sized, four-legged plant-eaters.1

?What did Nipponopelta eat?

It ate plants. Its teeth were small and leaf-shaped, good for cropping vegetation.3

?When did Nipponopelta live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 96 to 94 million years ago.5

?Where was Nipponopelta found?

Its fossils were found in Hokkaido, Japan, along the bank of the Omakizawa River in Yūbari city.1

?Did Nipponopelta have a tail club?

No. Nipponopelta was a nodosaurid, and nodosaurids did not have a tail club. Instead, they had long spikes on their shoulders.3

?How did Nipponopelta get to Japan?

Its ancestors likely walked from North America to Asia across a land bridge called Beringia about 100 million years ago.3

?Is Nipponopelta a dinosaur?

Yes, Nipponopelta is a dinosaur. It is a type of armored dinosaur called a nodosaurid ankylosaur.1

?Why is it called Nipponopelta?

Its name means 'Japanese shield' in Greek and Japanese. 'Nippon' means Japan and 'pelta' means shield.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Nipponopelta
Benoem deur
Oyabu et al. 20276
Groep
Gepantserde dino's
Familie / klade
Nodosauridae6
Klassifikasie
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora6
Ouderdom van die rotse
100 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Cenomanian)6
Rotsformasies
Hikagenosawa6
Lande
Japan6
Fossielrekords
1 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking
The fossil was found by Eijiro Goto in 1995 in Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan. In 2026, Shumpei Oyabu and colleagues named it Nipponopelta yezoensis after studying it with CT scans.12
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure if Nipponopelta lived right on the coast or if its body was carried to the sea after death.13

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Nipponopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. 北海道産恐竜化石を「ニッポノペルタ・エゾエンシス」と命名 (hokudai.ac.jp)
  3. Rare armored dinosaur found in Japan may have ancestors that migrated across a land bridge 100 million years ago | Live Science (livescience.com)
  4. Nipponopelta yezoensis, Japan's First Definitive Ankylosaur (blog.everythingdinosaur.com)
  5. New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan | Sci.News (sci.news)
  6. Nipponopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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