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Sauropelta

O nome significa: “lizard shield”1
Comía: PlantasDinos acoirazadosCretáceo Inferior a Cretáceo Superior

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.21

Viviu
hai entre 121 e 94 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Inferior a Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah, USA23
Lonxitude
5,2 a 6 m (17 a 20 ft)2
Peso
1,5 toneladas a 2 toneladas (3 300 a 4 400 lb)2
Altura
1,7 m (5,6 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 16 km/h (10 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Sauropelta uns 6 m de longo (20 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)

Canto medía de alto?

Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Sauropeltauns 1,7 m de alto (5,6 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 1,5 coches
tan longo coma 6 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 33 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 100 canstan pesado coma 400 sandíastan pesado coma 2,5 clases enteiras de nenostan pesado coma 4 osos polarespodería correr 100 metros en 22 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Sauropelta comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada.

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

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

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

Feito con IAImaxe de Sauropelta feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Sauropelta, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre 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.21

Cazamitos

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

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

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Sauropelta
Bautizado por
Ostrom 19703
Grupo
Dinos acoirazados
Familia / clado
Nodosauridae3
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
Idade das rochas
de 121 a 94 millóns de anos (Aptian / Cenomanian)3
Formacións rochosas
Cloverly, Cedar Mountain, Wayan3
Países
EUA3
Rexistros fósiles
34 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
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
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure if some large nodosaurid fossils from Utah belong to Sauropelta or to a different, unnamed species.2

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Sauropelta | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  2. Sauropelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Sauropelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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