Zaraapelta

Din no ase: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Ɔdii: NhabanDino a wɔwɔ akyɛmKretasias Awieeɛ

Zaraapelta was an armoured dinosaur that walked on four legs and munched on plants. It had a bumpy, spiky skull with fancy horns, making it look like a walking tank. It lived in the Gobi Desert during the Late Cretaceous, about 75 million years ago.1 2

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 100 kɔsi 84 a atwam4

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 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)

Zaraapelta bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 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

Zaraapelta's skull was covered in bumpy armour plates called osteoderms, and it had an especially fancy pattern of bumps and grooves behind its eye.1 2

The horns on the back of its skull had a smooth ridge on top, which is different from any other ankylosaur.1 3

Scientists think the fancy skull ornaments might have been used to attract mates, like a peacock's tail feathers.2

Zaraapelta lived alongside two other ankylosaurs, Saichania and Tarchia, in the same desert.1 2

The only known fossil is a skull missing the snout tip, and it probably belonged to a young adult.1

The name Zaraapelta comes from the Mongolian word for hedgehog and the Greek word for small shield, because ankylosaurs looked prickly and armoured.1 2

Yei yɛ Zaraapelta 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 Zaraapelta ho

?How big was Zaraapelta?

The only known skull is about 40 centimetres long, so Zaraapelta was a medium-sized ankylosaur.1

?What did Zaraapelta eat?

It was a herbivore, eating plants.1

?Who discovered Zaraapelta?

It was discovered in 2000 by a team led by Phil Currie, and named in 2014 by Victoria Arbour.1 2

?What was Zaraapelta's closest relative?

Its closest known relative is Tarchia, another ankylosaur from Mongolia.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Some people think all armoured dinosaurs had tail clubs.

Nokorɛ: Zaraapelta is known only from a skull, so scientists don't know if it had a tail club. Many ankylosaurs did, but not all.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Zaraapelta
Obi a ɔtoo din: Arbour et al. 20144
Kuo: Dino a wɔwɔ akyɛm
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Ankylosauridae4
Nkyekyɛmu: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 100 kɔsi 84 (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Baynshire4
Aman: Mongolia4
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
Nhunumu: The skull was found in 2000 by a team led by Phil Currie in the Gobi Desert. In 2014, Victoria Arbour, Philip Currie, and Demchig Badamgarav named it Zaraapelta nomadis.1 2
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are still debating exactly how Zaraapelta is related to other ankylosaurs, and whether its fancy head ornaments were for protection or for showing off.1 2

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Zaraapelta (en.wikipedia.org)
UAlberta paleontologists name new armoured dinosaur (ualberta.ca)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Zaraapelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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