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Vectipelta

Il num vul dir: “Isle of Wight shield”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tempriv

Vectipelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a walking tank! It had blade-like armour and spikes sticking out of its body. Even though it looked scary, it was a gentle plant-eater.2

Viveva
avant 139 fin 137 milliuns onns6
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom16
Lunghezza
4 fin 5 m (13 fin 16 ft)1
Paisa
1,35 tonnas (3 000 lb)3
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?

Vectipelta 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)Vectipeltavar 1,5 m aut (4,9 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 68 chauns
uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 270 melunasuschè grev sco 71 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 42 scolarsuschè grev sco 3 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 21 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Vectipelta cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Vectipelta is the first new armoured dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight in 142 years.12

2

Its fossils were found near Chilton Chine on the Isle of Wight, first by Gavin Leng in 1993 and then by Lin Spearpoint in 1994.1

3

Scientists used to think these bones belonged to another dinosaur called Polacanthus, but now they know Vectipelta is a different species.12

4

Vectipelta is more closely related to armoured dinosaurs from China than to other English ankylosaurs like Polacanthus.2

5

This dinosaur was named after Paul Barrett, a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London.12

6

Vectipelta lived about 139 to 137 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.6

7

The site where Vectipelta was found, the Wessex Formation, is a very important place for learning about how dinosaurs went extinct.2

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

?How big was Vectipelta?

Scientists do not know exactly, but it was a medium-sized ankylosaur with short legs and a wide, flat body, similar to other armoured dinosaurs.4

?What did Vectipelta eat?

It was a plant-eater, eating ferns and other plants that grew in the humid forests of the Early Cretaceous.4

?When did Vectipelta live?

Vectipelta lived about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.4

?Why is Vectipelta named after Paul Barrett?

It was named to honour palaeontologist Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum for his support and mentorship.15

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Vectipelta
Numnà da
Pond et al. 20236
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Ankylosauria6
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
139 fin 137 milliuns onns (Berriasian)6
Formaziuns da crap
Wessex6
Pajais
Reginavel Unì6
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta
Vectipelta was named in 2023 by Stuart Pond and colleagues. The fossils were found in 1993 and 1994 on the Isle of Wight, England, and were first thought to be from a different dinosaur, Polacanthus.16
Anc discutà
Scientists aren't sure exactly how long Vectipelta was, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Vectipelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered (bbc.com)
  3. Vectipelta barretti | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  4. New species of dinosaur named after Museum scientist Paul Barrett | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  5. New dinosaur named for Natural History Museum Professor | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  6. Vectipelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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