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Peloroplites

Naam beteken: “monstrous heavy one”1
Het geëet: PlanteGepantserde dino'sVroeë Kryt

Peloroplites was a huge, slow-moving plant-eater covered in bony armor and long spikes. It lived in what is now Utah during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.12

Het geleef
121 tot 100 miljoen jaar gelede4
Vroeë Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Cedar Mountain Formation, Emery County, Utah, USA41
Lengte
5 tot 6 m (16 tot 20 ft)1
Gewig
2 ton tot 4,5 ton (4 400 tot 9 900 lb)12
Hoogte
1,98 m (6,5 ft)2
Topspoed
omtrent 13 km/h (8 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Peloroplites 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)Peloroplitesomtrent 1,98 m hoog (6,5 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 3 motors
so lank soos 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 33 piesangs punt aan puntomtrent so swaar soos 'n olifantso swaar soos 900 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 6 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 10 ysberekon 100 meter in 28 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Peloroplites 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

Peloroplites is one of the largest known nodosaurids, a group of armored dinosaurs.1

2

Its body was covered in bony armor plates and long spikes that protected it from big predators like Acrocanthosaurus.2

3

The name Peloroplites means 'monstrous heavy one' in Greek, referring to its huge size and heavy armor.1

4

Only one species is known: Peloroplites cedrimontanus, named after the Cedar Mountain Formation where it was found.1

5

Its skeleton was put together from bones dug up by staff and volunteers from the USU Prehistoric Museum.2

6

Utah has more species of armored dinosaurs than any other U.S. state, and Peloroplites is one of them.2

7

Peloroplites lived in a wet, swampy environment near the edge of the Western Interior Seaway.1

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

?How big was Peloroplites?

Peloroplites was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (4,410 lbs). That makes it one of the largest known nodosaurids.12

?What did Peloroplites eat?

Peloroplites was a plant-eater. It had small teeth and a wide beak at the front of its mouth to crop low vegetation.23

?When did Peloroplites live?

Peloroplites lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.1

?Where was Peloroplites found?

Peloroplites was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Emery County, Utah, USA.12

?Was Peloroplites a dinosaur?

Yes, Peloroplites was a dinosaur. It belongs to a group of armored dinosaurs called nodosaurids.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Peloroplites
Benoem deur
Carpenter et al. 20084
Groep
Gepantserde dino's
Familie / klade
Nodosauridae4
Klassifikasie
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
Ouderdom van die rotse
121 tot 100 miljoen jaar (Aptian / Albian)4
Rotsformasies
Cedar Mountain4
Lande
VSA4
Fossielrekords
1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking
Peloroplites was named in 2008 by Kenneth Carpenter and colleagues from a partial skull and other bones found in the Price River II quarry in Utah.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure exactly how large Peloroplites grew, because different estimates give lengths from 5 to 6 metres.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Peloroplites (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Armored Monster Invades USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum (usu.edu)
  3. Peloroplites cedrimontanus (eastern.usu.edu)
  4. Peloroplites in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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