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Sauropelta

Naam beteken: “lizard shield”1

Het geëet: PlanteGepantserde dino'sVroeë Kryt tot Laat Kryt

Sauropelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a walking tank. It had huge spikes on its neck and a long tail that made up half its body length. This plant-eater lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period.2 1

Het geleef

121 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede3

Vroeë Kryt tot Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah, USA2 3

Lengte

5,2 tot 6 m (17 tot 20 ft)2

Gewig

1,5 ton tot 2 ton (3 300 tot 4 400 lb)2

Hoogte

1,7 m (5,6 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 16 km/h (10 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 22 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Sauropelta 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)

Sauropelta omtrent 16 km/h (10 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Sauropelta had two rows of large, pointed spines on each side of its neck. The spines pointed backwards and upwards, and their bases were fused together, which limited neck movement.2

Its body was covered in bony armor, including small nodules and larger conical scutes. Over the hips, the armor plates locked together tightly to form a 'sacral shield'.2

Sauropelta is one of the earliest known nodosaurids. Most of its fossils come from rocks that are about 108.5 million years old.2

The first Sauropelta fossils were collected by famous dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown in the 1930s. But the dinosaur was not named until 1970, when John Ostrom gave it the name Sauropelta.2

Sauropelta lived in forested floodplains near rivers. It ate conifers and cycads, since grasses had not yet evolved.2

A nearly complete skeleton with its armor still in place is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.2

KI-prent van Sauropelta — 'n KI-prent van hoe Sauropelta 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 Sauropelta

?How big was Sauropelta?

Sauropelta was about 5.2 to 6 metres (17 to 20 feet) long and weighed about 1.5 to 2 metric tons (1.7 to 2.2 short tons), about the same mass as a modern black rhinoceros.2

?Did Sauropelta have a tail club?

No, Sauropelta did not have a tail club. Nodosaurids like Sauropelta lacked the heavy tail clubs that ankylosaurids had.2

?What did Sauropelta eat?

Sauropelta was a herbivore that ate plants. It had leaf-shaped teeth for cutting plant material and a beak, and it browsed on conifers and cycads in forested floodplains.2

?When did Sauropelta live?

Sauropelta lived during the Early Cretaceous Period, about 108.5 million years ago. Most of its fossils come from rocks that are that age.2

?Where was Sauropelta found?

Sauropelta fossils have been found in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah. They come from the Cloverly Formation.2

?Is Sauropelta a dinosaur?

Yes, Sauropelta is a dinosaur. It is a type of armoured dinosaur called a nodosaurid, which belongs to the group Ankylosauria.2 1

Mite-breker

Mite: Sauropelta had a tail club like some other armoured dinosaurs.

Waarheid: Sauropelta was a nodosaurid, and nodosaurids did not have tail clubs. Instead, its tail had flat triangular plates pointing outwards.2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Sauropelta
Benoem deur: Ostrom 19703
Groep: Gepantserde dino's
Familie / klade: Nodosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 121 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Aptian / Cenomanian)3
Rotsformasies: Cloverly, Cedar Mountain, Wayan3
Lande: VSA3
Fossielrekords: 34 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Barnum Brown collected the first fossils in the 1930s from Montana, USA. John Ostrom named the dinosaur Sauropelta in 1970, using specimens from both Brown's and his own expeditions.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if some large nodosaurid fossils from Utah belong to Sauropelta or to a different, unnamed species.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Sauropelta | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Sauropelta (en.wikipedia.org)
Sauropelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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