Zaraapelta

Hiika maqaa: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Kan nyaate: BiqiltootaDaayinoowwan gaachanaaKireetaashasii Dhumaa

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

Kan jiraate

waggaa miliyoona 100 hanga 84 dura4

Kireetaashasii Dhumaa

Fosiliiwwan kan itti argaman

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Saffisa ol'aanaa

gara 15 km/sa'a (9 mph)

Fiiguu, tilmaama

Yoom jiraate?

Tiraayaasikii

Juraasikii

Kireetaashasii

waggaa miliyoona 252 dura20114566, asteerooyidii

Hammam saffisaa ture?

Nama miilaan deemu gara 5 km/sa'a (3 mph)

Daa'ima saayikilii irra jiru gara 12 km/sa'a (7 mph)

Zaraapelta gara 15 km/sa'a (9 mph)

Farda gulufu gara 65 km/sa'a (40 mph)

Cheetaa gara 100 km/sa'a (62 mph)

wantoota bareedoo

Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo

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

Fakkii AI'n hojjetame: Zaraapelta — Fakkii AI'n hojjetame kan Zaraapelta maal fakkaachuu akka danda'u agarsiisu, kompiitaraan beekumsa saayintistootaa irratti hundaa'uun hojjetame. Tilmaama qofa: bineensi dhugaa adda ta'ee mul'achuu danda'a, halluu isaa dhugaa immoo namni beeku hin jiru.

ati gaafatte

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Zaraapelta baay'ee gaafataman

?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

Seenaa sobaa diigaa

Seenaa sobaa: Some people think all armoured dinosaurs had tail clubs.

Dhugaa: 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

Ogeeyyii daayinootiif

Maqaa saayinsii: Zaraapelta
Kan maqaa baase: Arbour et al. 20144
Garee: Daayinoowwan gaachanaa
Maatii / kilaadii: Ankylosauridae4
Ramaddii: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Umurii dhagaawwanii: waggaa miliyoona 100 hanga 84 (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Caasaawwan dhagaa: Baynshire4
Biyyoota: Mongooliyaa4
Galmee fosilii: 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
Argannoo: 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
Ammallee falmisiisaa: 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

Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa

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): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.

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