Zaraapelta

Nkombo elingi koloba: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Alyaki: MilonaBadino na ebateliKretase ya nsuka

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

Azalaki na bomoi

mbula milio 100 kino 84 eleki4

Kretase ya nsuka

Bafosile emonanaki na

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Mbangu ya likolo

pene na 15 km/h (9 mph)

Kopota mbangu, kokanisa

Azalaki na bomoi ntango nini?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Mbula milio 252 eleki20114566, asteroide

Azalaki na mbangu boni?

Moto oyo azali kotambola pene na 5 km/h (3 mph)

Mwana na velo pene na 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zaraapelta pene na 15 km/h (9 mph)

Mpunda oyo azali kopota mbangu pene na 65 km/h (40 mph)

Nkoi ya mbangu pene na 100 km/h (62 mph)

makambo ya kitoko

Makambo ya kosepelisa

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

Elilingi ya Zaraapelta esalemi na AI — Elilingi esalemi na AI oyo ezali kolakisa ndenge Zaraapelta akokaki kozala. Ordinatere esalaki yango na makambo oyo bato ya siansi bayebi. Ezali kaka kokanisa: nyama ya solo akokaki kozala ndenge mosusu, mpe moto moko te ayebi balangi na ye ya solo.

otunaki

Mituna oyo batunaka mingi na ntina na Zaraapelta

?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

Mobuki masapo

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

Solo: 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

Mpo na bayebi ya badino

Nkombo ya siansi: Zaraapelta
Nkombo epesamaki na: Arbour et al. 20144
Lisanga: Badino na ebateli
Libota / klade: Ankylosauridae4
Klasifikasio: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Mbula ya mabanga: mbula milio 100 kino 84 (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Milongo ya mabanga: Baynshire4
Bikolo: Mongoli4
Bafosile oyo ekomami: 1 na The Paleobiology Database4
Ntango bamonaki yango: 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
Naino bazali kowelana: 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

Esika makambo euti

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): mbula, bisika, milongo ya mabanga, klasifikasio.

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