Zaraapelta

Izenaren esanahia: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Jaten zuen: LandareakDino kuirasdunakGoi Kretazeoa

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

Bizi izan zen

Duela 100 eta 84 milioi urte artean4

Goi Kretazeoa

Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Abiadura maximoa

15 km/h inguru (9 mph)

Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa

Jurasikoa

Kretazeoa

Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein azkarra zen?

Pertsona bat oinez 5 km/h inguru (3 mph)

Haur bat bizikletan 12 km/h inguru (7 mph)

Zaraapelta 15 km/h inguru (9 mph)

Zaldi bat lauhazka 65 km/h inguru (40 mph)

Gepardo bat 100 km/h inguru (62 mph)

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

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

Zaraapelta: AAk egindako irudia — Zaraapelta nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.

zure galderak

Zaraapelta: gehien egindako galderak

?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

Mito-hauslea

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

Egia: 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

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa: Zaraapelta
Izendatzailea:: Arbour et al. 20144
Taldea: Dino kuirasdunak
Familia / klada: Ankylosauridae4
Sailkapena: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Arroken adina: 100 eta 84 milioi urte artean (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Arroka-formazioak: Baynshire4
Herrialdeak: Mongolia4
Fosil-erregistroak: 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
Aurkikuntza: 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
Oraindik eztabaidagai: 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

Datuak nondik datozen

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): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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