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Sauropelta

Il num vul dir: “lizard shield”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Sauropelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a walking tank. It had huge spikes on its neck and a long tail that made up half its body length. This plant-eater lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period.2 1

Viveva

avant 121 fin 94 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah, USA2 3

Lunghezza

5,2 fin 6 m (17 fin 20 ft)2

Paisa

1,5 tonnas fin 2 tonnas (3 300 fin 4 400 lb)2

Autezza

1,7 m (5,6 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 16 km/h (10 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1,5 autos

uschè lung sco 6 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 33 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 100 chaunsuschè grev sco 400 melunasuschè grev sco 2,5 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 4 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 22 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Sauropelta cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

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)

Sauropelta var 16 km/h (10 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Sauropelta had two rows of large, pointed spines on each side of its neck. The spines pointed backwards and upwards, and their bases were fused together, which limited neck movement.2

Its body was covered in bony armor, including small nodules and larger conical scutes. Over the hips, the armor plates locked together tightly to form a 'sacral shield'.2

Sauropelta is one of the earliest known nodosaurids. Most of its fossils come from rocks that are about 108.5 million years old.2

The first Sauropelta fossils were collected by famous dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown in the 1930s. But the dinosaur was not named until 1970, when John Ostrom gave it the name Sauropelta.2

Sauropelta lived in forested floodplains near rivers. It ate conifers and cycads, since grasses had not yet evolved.2

A nearly complete skeleton with its armor still in place is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.2

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Sauropelta

?How big was Sauropelta?

Sauropelta was about 5.2 to 6 metres (17 to 20 feet) long and weighed about 1.5 to 2 metric tons (1.7 to 2.2 short tons), about the same mass as a modern black rhinoceros.2

?Did Sauropelta have a tail club?

No, Sauropelta did not have a tail club. Nodosaurids like Sauropelta lacked the heavy tail clubs that ankylosaurids had.2

?What did Sauropelta eat?

Sauropelta was a herbivore that ate plants. It had leaf-shaped teeth for cutting plant material and a beak, and it browsed on conifers and cycads in forested floodplains.2

?When did Sauropelta live?

Sauropelta lived during the Early Cretaceous Period, about 108.5 million years ago. Most of its fossils come from rocks that are that age.2

?Where was Sauropelta found?

Sauropelta fossils have been found in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah. They come from the Cloverly Formation.2

?Is Sauropelta a dinosaur?

Yes, Sauropelta is a dinosaur. It is a type of armoured dinosaur called a nodosaurid, which belongs to the group Ankylosauria.2 1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Sauropelta had a tail club like some other armoured dinosaurs.

Vardad: Sauropelta was a nodosaurid, and nodosaurids did not have tail clubs. Instead, its tail had flat triangular plates pointing outwards.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Sauropelta
Numnà da: Ostrom 19703
Gruppa: Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada: Nodosauridae3
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 94 milliuns onns (Aptian / Cenomanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Cloverly, Cedar Mountain, Wayan3
Pajais: USA3
Chats da fossils: 34 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Barnum Brown collected the first fossils in the 1930s from Montana, USA. John Ostrom named the dinosaur Sauropelta in 1970, using specimens from both Brown's and his own expeditions.2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if some large nodosaurid fossils from Utah belong to Sauropelta or to a different, unnamed species.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Sauropelta | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Sauropelta (en.wikipedia.org)
Sauropelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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