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Peloroplites

Il num vul dir: “monstrous heavy one”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tempriv

Peloroplites was a huge, slow-moving plant-eater covered in bony armor and long spikes. It lived in what is now Utah during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.12

Viveva
avant 121 fin 100 milliuns onns4
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Cedar Mountain Formation, Emery County, Utah, USA41
Lunghezza
5 fin 6 m (16 fin 20 ft)1
Paisa
2 tonnas fin 4,5 tonnas (4 400 fin 9 900 lb)12
Autezza
1,98 m (6,5 ft)2
Spertadad maximala
var 13 km/h (8 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Peloroplites 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)Peloroplitesvar 1,98 m aut (6,5 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 3 autos
uschè lung sco 6 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 33 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in elefantuschè grev sco 900 melunasuschè grev sco 6 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 10 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 28 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Peloroplites cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Peloroplites is one of the largest known nodosaurids, a group of armored dinosaurs.1

2

Its body was covered in bony armor plates and long spikes that protected it from big predators like Acrocanthosaurus.2

3

The name Peloroplites means 'monstrous heavy one' in Greek, referring to its huge size and heavy armor.1

4

Only one species is known: Peloroplites cedrimontanus, named after the Cedar Mountain Formation where it was found.1

5

Its skeleton was put together from bones dug up by staff and volunteers from the USU Prehistoric Museum.2

6

Utah has more species of armored dinosaurs than any other U.S. state, and Peloroplites is one of them.2

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Peloroplites lived in a wet, swampy environment near the edge of the Western Interior Seaway.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Peloroplites fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Peloroplites 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.
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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Peloroplites

?How big was Peloroplites?

Peloroplites was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (4,410 lbs). That makes it one of the largest known nodosaurids.12

?What did Peloroplites eat?

Peloroplites was a plant-eater. It had small teeth and a wide beak at the front of its mouth to crop low vegetation.23

?When did Peloroplites live?

Peloroplites lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.1

?Where was Peloroplites found?

Peloroplites was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Emery County, Utah, USA.12

?Was Peloroplites a dinosaur?

Yes, Peloroplites was a dinosaur. It belongs to a group of armored dinosaurs called nodosaurids.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Peloroplites
Numnà da
Carpenter et al. 20084
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Nodosauridae4
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
121 fin 100 milliuns onns (Aptian / Albian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Cedar Mountain4
Pajais
USA4
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Peloroplites was named in 2008 by Kenneth Carpenter and colleagues from a partial skull and other bones found in the Price River II quarry in Utah.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how large Peloroplites grew, because different estimates give lengths from 5 to 6 metres.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Peloroplites (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Armored Monster Invades USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum (usu.edu)
  3. Peloroplites cedrimontanus (eastern.usu.edu)
  4. Peloroplites in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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