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Antarctopelta

Il num vul dir: “Antarctic shield”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tardiv

Antarctopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous. It was covered in bony plates and spikes, and its tail ended in a weapon made of fused spikes that looked like an Aztec club. It was a slow-moving plant-eater that used its armour for protection.1

Viveva
avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns2
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
James Ross Island, Antarctica12
Lunghezza
4 fin 6 m (13 fin 20 ft)1
Paisa
fin 350 kg (772 lb)1
Autezza
1,7 m (5,6 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 22 km/h (14 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Antarctopelta var 6 m lung (20 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Antarctopeltavar 1,7 m aut (5,6 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 18 chauns
uschè lung sco 6 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 33 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 70 melunasuschè grev sco 18 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 11 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 16 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Antarctopelta cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Antarctopelta was the first dinosaur fossil ever named from Antarctica, even though it was discovered before another Antarctic dinosaur called Cryolophosaurus.1

2

Its tail had a special weapon called a macuahuitl, made of flat, spiky bones fused together. It looked like an Aztec club and was used for defence.1

3

Scientists found six different types of armour plates on Antarctopelta, including large flat ones and tall keeled spikes.1

4

Antarctopelta lived in a warm, ice-free Antarctica with dense forests of conifers, cycads, and ginkgos. It still had to survive long dark winters.1

5

The only known skeleton was discovered in 1986 by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Robert Scasso, but it took ten years to dig out because of frozen ground and bad weather.1

6

Antarctopelta shared its home with the small plant-eater Trinisaura, as well as marine reptiles like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Antarctopelta fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Antarctopelta pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.
tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Antarctopelta

?How big was Antarctopelta?

About 4 meters (13 feet) long from snout to tail tip. One scientist estimated it could have been up to 6 meters (20 feet) long and weighed 350 kilograms (770 pounds).1

?What did Antarctopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its jaws had small, leaf-shaped teeth for chewing plants.1

?Did Antarctopelta have feathers?

No. It was an armoured dinosaur covered in bony plates and spikes, not feathers.1

?When did Antarctopelta live?

It lived during the late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 73.4 million years ago.1

?Was Antarctopelta a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a type of armoured dinosaur called an ankylosaur.1

?Could Antarctopelta swim?

Scientists are not sure, but its body was stocky and built for walking on land, not swimming. Its fossils were found with a shark tooth, suggesting it may have floated out to sea after death.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Antarctopelta had a tail club like a typical ankylosaur.

Vardad: Antarctopelta actually had a macuahuitl, a flat fan of spikes at the end of its tail, not a round club.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Antarctopelta
Numnà da
Salgado and Gasparini 20062
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Parankylosauria2
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)2
Formaziuns da crap
Snow Hill Island2
Pajais
Antarctica2
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta
Antarctopelta was discovered in January 1986 by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Robert Scasso on James Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named in 2006 by paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Zulma Gasparini, who called it Antarctopelta oliveroi after Olivero.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are still debating whether Antarctopelta was more closely related to nodosaurids or ankylosaurids, because it has features of both groups.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Antarctopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Antarctopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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