Zaraapelta

Dzina limatanthauza: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Ankadya: ZomeraMadino a zishangoKumapeto kwa Kretase

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

Ankakhala

zaka 100 mpaka 84 miliyoni zapitazo4

Kumapeto kwa Kretase

Mafosili apezeka ku

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri

pafupifupi 15 km/h (9 mph)

Kuthamanga, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali ndi liwiro lotani?

Munthu akuyenda pafupifupi 5 km/h (3 mph)

Mwana pa njinga pafupifupi 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zaraapelta pafupifupi 15 km/h (9 mph)

Hatchi ikuthamanga pafupifupi 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kakwiyo pafupifupi 100 km/h (62 mph)

zinthu zosangalatsa

Mfundo zosangalatsa

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

Chithunzi cha Zaraapelta chopangidwa ndi AI — Chithunzi cha momwe Zaraapelta mwina ankaonekera, chopangidwa ndi kompyuta kuchokera pa zomwe asayansi amadziwa. Ndi kungoyerekeza: nyama yeniyeniyo mwina inkaoneka mosiyana, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa mitundu yake yeniyeni.

mwafunsa

Mafunso ofunsidwa kwambiri okhudza 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

Wothetsa nthano zabodza

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

Zoona: 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

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi: Zaraapelta
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi: Arbour et al. 20144
Gulu: Madino a zishango
Banja / kladi: Ankylosauridae4
Magawidwe a sayansi: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Zaka za miyala: zaka 100 mpaka 84 miliyoni (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Mapangidwe a miyala: Baynshire4
Mayiko: Mongoliya4
Zolemba za mafosili: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Kupezeka: 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
Akukambiranabe: 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

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

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): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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