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Aletopelta

Erinnya litegeeza: “wanderer shield”1
Yalyanga: EbimeraDayinoso ez'engaboEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Aletopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived near the coast of California about 75 million years ago. It was covered in bony plates and had a big shield of bone over its hips. After it died, its body floated out to sea and became a tiny reef on the ocean floor!1

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 emabega5
Enkomerero ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Carlsbad, California, USA15
Obuwanvu
5 okutuuka ku 6 m (16 okutuuka ku 20 ft)1
Obuzito
ttani 2 (4,400 lb)1
Obugulumivu
1.7 m (5.6 ft)
kuteebereza
Sipiidi esinga
nga 15 km/h (9 mph)
Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali munene atya?

Yali muwanvu kwenkana wa?

Aletopelta obuwanvu nga 6 m (20 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4.5 m (15 ft)Enjovu, ekisolo ekisinga obunene ku lukalu leero nga 6.5 m (21 ft)

Yali mugulumivu kwenkana wa?

Embwanga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Embalaasinga 1.6 m (5.2 ft)Aletopeltaobugulumivu nga 1.7 m (5.6 ft)Enjovunga 3.2 m (10 ft)

kuteebereza

Yali muzito kwenkana wa?

obuzito ng'obw'emmotoka 1.5
obuwanvu ng'embwa 6, ennyindo ku mukiraobuwanvu ng'amenvu 33 nga gaddiriŋŋanaobuzito ng'obw'embwa 100obuzito ng'obwa wotamerooni 400obuzito ng'obw'ebibiina 2.5 ebijjuvu eby'abaana b'essomeroobuzito ng'obwa ddubu enjeru 4yandidduse mita 100 mu sikonda 24 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9.6)

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Ebyewuunyisa

1

Aletopelta's body was carried out to sea by a stream, and it sank upside down, becoming a mini reef where oysters and other sea creatures attached to its bones.1

2

Sharks like Squalicorax and Scapanorhynchus scavenged the dead dinosaur, leaving hollow bones and shallow pits in its armour plates.1

3

The name Aletopelta means 'wanderer shield' because the tectonic plate carrying its fossils drifted north from near Mexico to California over millions of years.1

4

Aletopelta had a pelvic shield made of many six-sided bony plates that were fused together.1

5

The only known skeleton of Aletopelta might be from a young animal, because some of its bones were not fully fused.1

Kyakolebwa AIEkifaananyi kya Aletopelta ekyakolebwa AI
Ekifaananyi kya Aletopelta ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.
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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Aletopelta

?How big was Aletopelta?

About 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed about 2 tonnes (4,409 lbs). Some scientists have estimated it at 6 metres (19.7 feet) long.1

?What did Aletopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. It foraged for plants along the edges of rivers and estuaries.3

?Did Aletopelta have a tail club?

Scientists are not sure. The tail was not found, but some experts think it was an ankylosaurid and may have had a bony tail club.34

?Where was Aletopelta found?

It was found in Carlsbad, California, near College Boulevard, during a road construction project in 1987.13

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Aletopelta
Yatuumibwa
Ford and Kirkland 20015
Ekibinja
Dayinoso ez'engabo
Ekika / ekibinja
Ankylosauridae5
Engabanya
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora5
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 (Campanian)5
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Point Loma5
Ensi
Amerika5
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Okuzuulibwa
In 1987, construction workers digging a sewage pipe near Carlsbad, California, uncovered the skeleton. It was first described in 1996 by Thomas Deméré and Walter Coombs, and officially named Aletopelta coombsi in 2001 by Tracy Ford and James Kirkland.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists still debate whether Aletopelta was an ankylosaurid or a nodosaurid, and some have even called it a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because its fossils are incomplete.12

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Aletopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. The Nat | Ankylosaur (sdnhm.org)
  4. Ankylosaur Reef (smithsonianmag.com)
  5. Aletopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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