Dongyangopelta

Il num vul dir: “Dongyang shield”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Dongyangopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It had a bony shield on its hips made of fused lumps of bone, and its back was covered with spikes and plates.1

Viveva

avant 113 fin 94 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Zhejiang Province, China1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 18 km/h (11 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Dongyangopelta var 18 km/h (11 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Dongyangopelta is one of the only nodosaurid armoured dinosaurs known from Asia, along with Taohelong and Sauroplites.1

Its name means 'Dongyang shield' because it was found near Dongyang City in China and had a shield of fused bones on its hips.1

The pelvic shield of Dongyangopelta was made of many fused bony bumps called osteoderms, arranged in a rosette pattern with larger bumps in the middle.1

Its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, straight and strong, with a distinct head separated from the greater trochanter.1

Dongyangopelta had thin triangular plates on its body that ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

The fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Zhejiang Province, China.1

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

Maletg da Dongyangopelta fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Dongyangopelta 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 Dongyangopelta

?How big was Dongyangopelta?

Scientists do not know its full size yet, but its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, and its triangular back plates ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

?What did Dongyangopelta eat?

Dongyangopelta was a plant-eater. As a nodosaurid ankylosaur, it ate low-growing plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Dongyangopelta live?

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

?Where was Dongyangopelta found?

Its fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Dongyangopelta
Numnà da: Chen et al. 20133
Gruppa: Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada: Nodosauridae3
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 113 fin 94 milliuns onns (Albian / Cenomanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Chaochuan3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Dongyangopelta was named in 2013 by Chen Rongjun and colleagues. The fossil was found in 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in Zhejiang, China, and dug up by a team of scientists from several museums.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how Dongyangopelta is related to other nodosaurids. Some studies place it close to Zhejiangosaurus, others put it near Sauroplites and Taohelong.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Dongyangopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dongyangopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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