Dongyangopelta

Din no ase: “Dongyang shield”1

Ɔdii: NhabanDino a wɔwɔ akyɛmKretasias Mfiase kɔsi Kretasias Awieeɛ

Dongyangopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It had a bony shield on its hips made of fused lumps of bone, and its back was covered with spikes and plates.1

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 113 kɔsi 94 a atwam3

Kretasias Mfiase kɔsi Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Zhejiang Province, China1 2

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 18 km/h (11 mph)

Mmirikatuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Dongyangopelta bɛyɛ 18 km/h (11 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Dongyangopelta is one of the only nodosaurid armoured dinosaurs known from Asia, along with Taohelong and Sauroplites.1

Its name means 'Dongyang shield' because it was found near Dongyang City in China and had a shield of fused bones on its hips.1

The pelvic shield of Dongyangopelta was made of many fused bony bumps called osteoderms, arranged in a rosette pattern with larger bumps in the middle.1

Its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, straight and strong, with a distinct head separated from the greater trochanter.1

Dongyangopelta had thin triangular plates on its body that ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

The fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Zhejiang Province, China.1

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

Yei yɛ Dongyangopelta mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Dongyangopelta ho

?How big was Dongyangopelta?

Scientists do not know its full size yet, but its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, and its triangular back plates ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

?What did Dongyangopelta eat?

Dongyangopelta was a plant-eater. As a nodosaurid ankylosaur, it ate low-growing plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Dongyangopelta live?

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

?Where was Dongyangopelta found?

Its fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Dongyangopelta
Obi a ɔtoo din: Chen et al. 20133
Kuo: Dino a wɔwɔ akyɛm
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Nodosauridae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 113 kɔsi 94 (Albian / Cenomanian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Chaochuan3
Aman: Kyaena3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Dongyangopelta was named in 2013 by Chen Rongjun and colleagues. The fossil was found in 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in Zhejiang, China, and dug up by a team of scientists from several museums.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure exactly how Dongyangopelta is related to other nodosaurids. Some studies place it close to Zhejiangosaurus, others put it near Sauroplites and Taohelong.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Dongyangopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dongyangopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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