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Nipponopelta

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

Nipponopelta was an armored dinosaur that looked like a walking tank. It had bony plates on its back and long spikes on its shoulders to scare off predators.21

Viveva
avant 100 fin 94 milliuns onns6
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan12
Lunghezza
5 m (16 ft)4
Autezza
1,5 m (4,9 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 17 km/h (11 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Nipponopelta var 5 m lung (16 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)Nipponopeltavar 1,5 m aut (4,9 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

stima

uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 21 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Nipponopelta cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Nipponopelta is the first armored dinosaur ever named from Japan.12

2

Its fossils were found in marine rocks, meaning its body may have washed out to sea after death.31

3

Scientists used CT scans to see hidden bones inside the rock, like two complete teeth and part of the inner ear.12

4

Nipponopelta belonged to a group called nodosaurids, which had long spikes on their shoulders but no tail club.23

5

Its ancestors likely walked from North America to Asia across a land bridge called Beringia about 100 million years ago.32

6

Nipponopelta lived near the coast, which may have helped its relatives spread between continents.12

7

The fossil was discovered in 1995 by a local fossil hunter named Eijiro Goto along a riverbank.12

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Nipponopelta fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Nipponopelta 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 Nipponopelta

?How big was Nipponopelta?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skull and a few bones have been found. It was probably similar in size to other nodosaurids, which were medium-sized, four-legged plant-eaters.1

?What did Nipponopelta eat?

It ate plants. Its teeth were small and leaf-shaped, good for cropping vegetation.3

?When did Nipponopelta live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 96 to 94 million years ago.5

?Where was Nipponopelta found?

Its fossils were found in Hokkaido, Japan, along the bank of the Omakizawa River in Yūbari city.1

?Did Nipponopelta have a tail club?

No. Nipponopelta was a nodosaurid, and nodosaurids did not have a tail club. Instead, they had long spikes on their shoulders.3

?How did Nipponopelta get to Japan?

Its ancestors likely walked from North America to Asia across a land bridge called Beringia about 100 million years ago.3

?Is Nipponopelta a dinosaur?

Yes, Nipponopelta is a dinosaur. It is a type of armored dinosaur called a nodosaurid ankylosaur.1

?Why is it called Nipponopelta?

Its name means 'Japanese shield' in Greek and Japanese. 'Nippon' means Japan and 'pelta' means shield.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Nipponopelta
Numnà da
Oyabu et al. 20276
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Nodosauridae6
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
100 fin 94 milliuns onns (Cenomanian)6
Formaziuns da crap
Hikagenosawa6
Pajais
Giapun6
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta
The fossil was found by Eijiro Goto in 1995 in Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan. In 2026, Shumpei Oyabu and colleagues named it Nipponopelta yezoensis after studying it with CT scans.12
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Nipponopelta lived right on the coast or if its body was carried to the sea after death.13

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Nipponopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. 北海道産恐竜化石を「ニッポノペルタ・エゾエンシス」と命名 (hokudai.ac.jp)
  3. Rare armored dinosaur found in Japan may have ancestors that migrated across a land bridge 100 million years ago | Live Science (livescience.com)
  4. Nipponopelta yezoensis, Japan's First Definitive Ankylosaur (blog.everythingdinosaur.com)
  5. New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan | Sci.News (sci.news)
  6. Nipponopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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